William Marshall. 'The Rural Economy of the West of England,...

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William Marshall. 'The Rural Economy of the West of England,' 1796. 'Including Devonshire and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice,' first edition, 2 volumes, engraved folding frontispiece map, rebound in boards, fine copies, G. Nichol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall Mall, London, 1796. William Marshall (1745-1818) was born in North Yorkshire the son of a farmer. In the early 1790’s he suggested the formation of a department of rural affairs and a national survey of farming, but both ideas were appropriated by Sir John Sinclair. (2)

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