Wimpey Joseph (1739-1808) Rural Improvements: or Essays on the Most Rational Methods of Improving Estates; accommodated to the Soil C

Wimpey, Joseph (1739-1808) Rural Improvements: or Essays on the Most Rational Methods of Improving Estates; accommodated to the Soil, Climate, and Circumstances of England . London: for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1775. First edition, octavo, inscription on ffep indicating that this copy was presented to the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) on September 22, 1812 by William Augustus Miles (1753?-1817), with a stamp on the title page incorporating intertwined cursive initials and Lafayette's motto, "Cur Non?"; bound in contemporary speckled calf, dry, somewhat rubbed, label has flaked away, leather at joints beginning to crack, 8 x 5 1/4 in. Miles was involved in the French Revolution and a known associate and correspondent of Lafayette. "Wishing Mr. Miles's best compliments to his old & honourable friend, the Marquis de LaFayette, the friend of mankind, of rational well destin'd liberty & of a limited* monarchical government. 22 Sept: 1812" *limited added later, with a caret.