You are looking at an original 18th century book in a contemporary full calf leather gilt binding 

A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: 

Wherein are Contained, Many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry

collected during a series of years by the celebrated

M Duhamel Du Monceau 

London Hitch Hawes et al 1762 Second Edition Corrected and Improved 

xxiv [24] pages prelims + 489 pages + index + plates

measures 210mm x 260mm 

An attractive presentable solid copy in a contemporary full calf leather gilt binding 

Thank you for looking - increasingly uncommon thus 

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