ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 27, 1821 BEING THEIR ANNIVERSARY CATTLE SHOW AND EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURES by Russell, Hon. Jonathan - 1821

Worcester: Worcester Agric Soc; Manning & Trumbull, 1821. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing thus. Separate string-tied 8vo. 24pp + 2pp. There is a non-authorial presentation on the title page (which is the facing page), "J ?) W. Proctor Esq from his ?? Williams." In the same hand is a written comment on the last printed page, "We have 700 members at 5 $ =" Russell's dates: 1771-1832. The first 16pps summarize animal husbandry in history, starting with the Hebrews & Greeks. The second part is "Cattle Show and Exhibition of Manufactures" with prize winners & amounts for animals & domestic material like woollens, sole-leather, cheese, & even "To Silas Allen, jun. of Shrewsbury, for a brace of pistols, of the Rifle kind, of very excellent workmanship." This Worcester County is in Mass. Fore edge torn/chipped/rough in spots. Still a good copy with flexible pages. Rare, with only two copies showing in world libraries, one of which is in the British Library.