This immensely detailed eight-piece compilation documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume 5 (from 1887) uses the data supplied in Volume 6 to discuss the period from 1583 to 1702, exploring topics such as building materials, carriage costs and wage fluctuation.

No one has done more to emphasise the significance of the land in early modern England that Joan Thirsk, whose writings are both an important contribution to its history and point the way for future research. The subjects of this collection include the origin and nature of the common fields, Tudor enclosures, the Commonwealth confiscation of Royalist land and its subsequent return after the Restoration, inheritance customs, and the role of industries in the rural economy, among them stocking knitting.

One of the best, most complete treatments of projective geometry, this treatise features detailed proofs, plus complete solutions for more than 150 examples and problems and numerous diagrams. 1913 edition.