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Blith, Walter (fl. 1649 )

The English improover, or, A new survey of husbandry. 
Discovering to the kingdome, that some land, both
arrable and pasture, may be advanced double or treeble
... Held forth under six peeces of improvement. London, 
Printed for J. Wright, 1649. Ar. Arb. and Brit. Mus. have both issues.

Brit. Mus. Cat. notes two issues of the
same date, without giving collation, but supplying 
for the 2d a bracketed date [December
1 ]. Although there is nothing in it to indicate 
the fact, the copy belonging to the Dept.
Agr. Lib. may be of this issue, as it seems
to be in smaller type than later editions,
altho apparently complete. It has only 98 p.,
as against 168 p. in some other copies that
have been described. Presumably one of the
copies in the Brit. Mus. may be identical
with that of the Dept. Agr., and the other
with the larger issue. McDonald, Agr. Writers
(1908), p. 97, mentions only the issue of 168
pages and the copies belonging to the Mass.
Hort. Soc. and Rothamsted Exp. Sta. answer
this description. Other copies dated 1649
are located in the Boston Public Lib. and
the Thordarson collection in Chicago, but as
their paging is not known, it cannot be said
to which issue they belong. It is possible
the small copy in the Dept. Agr. Lib. may be
of the original issue, but this would have
to be determined by comparison of the two
issues at the Brit. Mus. (MFW-Jan. 25, 1934 )

-----  The English improver improved ... The 3d
impression much augmented. London, Printed for J.
Wright, 1652. 262 (i.e. 270 ) p. (Brit. Mus.; Dept.
Agr.; Arn. Arb.; Bib. Nat. Paris)

-----  The 3d impression much augmented. London,
Printed for J. Wright, 1653. 274 p. (Lib. Cong.;
Brit. Mus.)
        