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| Title | View of the Agriculture of Middlesex: With Observations on the Means of Its Improvement and Several Essays on Agriculture in General |
| Authors | John Middleton, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) |
| Illustrated by | John Middleton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. and W. Nicol, 1807 |
| Length | 704 pages |
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