Agricultural Writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800: Reproductions in Facsimile and Extracts from Their Actual Writings, Enlarged and Revised from Articles which Have Appeared in "The Field" from 1903-1907. To which is Added an Exhaustive BibliographyHorace Cox, 1908 - 228 páginas |
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