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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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Bodleian Library (Oxford)
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'Agricola Sylvan' is a pseudonym. With title pages and caption titles. Title and imprint from Number II. (May 1776.); first issue lacks title page. Imprint lacks date; years of publication from dates of issues. Imprints vary; from no. 3 (June 1776) R. Snagg is replaced by: W. Goldsmith, no. 24, in Pater-noster-Row. "Price 6 d." follows designation. Title pages include table of contents. Frontis. = plate, with additional plates and drawings showing new farm machinery and grain crops. Tables show weather, crop yields, prices, farm expenses. Articles on farming and rural life, including information on world wide agricultural practices, country by country, with specific advice on crops, new machinery, and costs and profits. Includes poetry selections, reivews of new books, occasional correspondence.
[London, England]: Printed for R. Snagg, no. 129, Fleet-Street, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; and sold by every bookseller, stationer, and news-carrier, in the kingdom, [1776-1780]. v., plates (some fold.): ill., tables; 20 cm (8°)
