Cottage Economy [Back-To-Land Manual]. Containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's Family

COBBETT, William

Edité par Peter Davies Limited, London, 1926

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Published: 1926. 2nd Edition. Not signed by author. 1926 copy of G. K. Chesterton's 'Cottage Economy' on radical social history and classic British book design featuring a plate by Eric Gill. Originally written in the 1820's to protect the English peasantry from the dehumanizing effects of the Industrial Revolution, Cobbett s instructions found a second life in the 1920s among the 'Back-to-the-Land' movement. DESCRIPTION: Yellow DJ over green cloth spine and green paper covered boards. With a plate from the original redesigned by Eric Gill Language: English Book Condition: Good. Light wear to corners, edges and pushed spine ends. Clean sharp cloth Tightly bound with faint spotting to intact endpapers and strong hinges. Spotting to opening and closing pages. Occasional spot or mark to other pages. Edge of p191 missing. DJ Condition: Poor.Heavy wear to upper and lower edges. Missing section to spine ends and upper rear corner. 6 cm tear to lower front edge with 3 cm tear to lower rear edge. Toned spine and soiled covers. Pages xi, 220. BOOK RESUME: William Cobbetts Cottage Economy is a practical household and self-sufficiency manual originally published in the early 1820s. Cobbett provides detailed, plainspoken instruction on basic domestic economy for labouring families, with chapters covering brewing beer, baking bread, and keeping livestock such as cows, pigs, poultry, bees, goats, and rabbits, along with guidance on grass and grain for straw and hat making, and on building and using ice-houses. The work is designed as a comprehensive handbook in rural, cottage-based subsistence. AUTHOR: William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English pamphleteer, agrarian activist, journalist, and reformer known for championing the rights and conditions of rural labourers and the working classes. Born into modest circumstances, he served in the army before establishing himself as a writer and political advocate, famously editing the Political Register and campaigning for parliamentary reform and economic justice. Cobbett's influential works ranged from Rural Rides, a vivid account of English rural life, to practical guides such as Cottage Economy, which offered everyday instruction to labouring families on self-sufficiency and prudent household management.

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• Titre: Cottage Economy [Back-To-Land Manual]. Containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's Family
• Éditeur: Peter Davies Limited, London
• Date de parution: 1926
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Poor