An Argumentative Appeal Addressed To The Right Reverend The Bishops And The Body Of Parochial

by Baptist Noel Turner

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First edition

iv, 51, 1 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: B. White and Son et al., 1788. First edition. Land enclosure in 18th-century Britain was highly controversial: it consolidated small landholdings into larger farms, ceasing to be common land for communal use. Oftentimes, landowners, including the Church, were not adequately compensated upon suffering enclosure on their

• Binding: Leather

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