TITHES.

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A Few Brief Hints on the Subject of Tithes. First edition. The anonymous author, claiming to not be a tithe holder, beseeches the men of Kent that their tithes are just. Bound in at the rear is a copy of an earlier document relating to tithes, dated 1747, and a page of notes on the price of hops. The tract is rare, with WorldCat recording only two copies, in the British Library and the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. Provenance: The Lawes Agricultural Library, with their shelf marks and stamp to front pastedown and their pencilled shelf mark to title page. The library was assembled in the early 20th century by Sir John Russell, director of the Rothamsted agricultural research institution in Hertfordshire, and ranked as one of the finest English collections of agricultural material.

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