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Men, Women and Things. Memories of the Duke of Portland.
London. Faber and Faber. first impression.(1937). Hardback. 4to, 28x19.5 cms. Pp.,xix,422. (Pages all with wide margins). Portrait frontis, numerous plates, folding genealogical table. Publishers blue cloth, gilt letters on spine and covers, and gilt arms on cover. Top edge gilt,pp. xix, 422. 4to. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, and crest to front board. Black-and-white illustrations, fold-out genealogical table at rear.
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A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, Exhibiting New and Advantageous Methods of Propagating, Cultivating, and Training That Plant, So As To Render it Abundantly Fruitful. Together with New Hints on the Formation of Vineyards in England.
Dublin, Published by P. Wogan, P. Byrne and others, 1791. In-8°, plein veau raciné, dos lisse titré.
Bien complet des 5 planches gravées, dont la première dépliante. L'une des plus importantes publications sur le sujet au XVIIIe siècle. En 1771, le Duc de Portland envoya Speechly en Hollande afin que ce dernier compare les méthodes de cultures hollandaises avec les anglaises. Peu de temps après son retour, ses observations furent étudiées, appliquées sur place et décrites dans cet ouvrage.
