The Duty and Office of a Land Steward... wherein may be seen the Indirect Practices of several Stewards, tending to lessen and the several Methods likely to Improve their Lords Estates. To which is added and Appendix, shewing the Way to Plenty; Proposed to the Farmers: wherein are laid down General Rules and Directions for the Management and Improvement of a Farm. The Second Edition, with Alterations and Additions. By Edward Laurence, Land Surveyor. (London, Printed for J. and J. Knapton, etc. 1731).

20 x 13 cms. xxiii, 296 pages, folding frontispiece (A Survey of Dun Boggs Farm in the Manor of Haversham in the County of Hereford by Edwd. Laurence) and folding plate (Hedges), tables. Owner's name to title page, very good clean copy, in worn and scuffed leather binding.