DUGDALE, William. The History of Imbanking and Draining of Divers Fens and Marshes both In Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772. Second edition, folio (414 x 256mm.) 11 folding engraved maps. (Name in ink and ownership notes at top of title-page, small annotation in ink to one page margin, small tears to pp.296-298, spotting to title and browning to margins.) Contemporary half-calf over marbled paper boards, five raised bands with black morocco lettering piece to the second compartment (rubbing to all extremities, small split to tail of spine). Provenance: W.C. Hanwell Allen (ink name to front pastedown).