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An Account of the Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved Districts of Scotland; With Some Observations on the Improvements of Which They are Susceptible. Drawn Up For The Consideration The Board Of Agriculture, With A View Of Explaining How Far Those Systems Are Applicable To The Less Cultivated Parts In England, And Scotland. By The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart. President Of The Board Of Agriculture
by Sinclair, John
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; G. & W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, And Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London; and John Cumming, Dublin, by Abernethy and Walker, 1812. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. Very good. 8º, 21cm.; part I: 432pp., (addenda 22pp.), part II: 152pp. (appendix and index 77pp.), with 2pp. advertisements. 19th C. reback, soiling and chipping to boards, corners bumped, robust contemporary annotation particularly on pastedowns. Bookplate of Sir Robert Campbell, 1st Bart.
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- Bookseller
- J. A. Lascelles & Sons
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23
- Title
- An Account of the Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved Districts of Scotland; With Some Observations on the Improvements of Which They are Susceptible. Drawn Up For The Consideration The Board Of Agriculture, With A View Of Explaining How Far Those Systems Are Applicable To The Less Cultivated Parts In England, And Scotland. By The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart. President Of The Board Of Agriculture
- Author
- Sinclair, John
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; G. & W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, And Longman, Hurst, Re
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1812
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About the Seller
J. A. Lascelles & Sons
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Hanover, New Hampshire
About J. A. Lascelles & Sons
Specializing in British and American garden, landscape, and agricultural history. www.lascelles-and-sons.com
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