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A Concise Treatise on the most Effectual Method of Destroying Heath, and Turning the Soil into Good Pasture; with An infallible mode of covering rocks, barren hills, &c. with verdure. Also, a new mode of turning waste and marshy land into good pasture. Likewise A New Method of Improving Moss, &c. together with Valuable Receipts, for destroying Vermin, on Bushes, Hedges, Trees, &c
by HALL, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh. Printed by Oliver & Co. 1802, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 22cm, the First Edition, xxvii,228,[3]p., folding table, errata, list of subcribers, text vignette illustrations, in the original boards, marbled boards, colour printed paper label, hinges broken, spine chipped and worn, label is fine, uncut and unopened, rare (sgc) Of much more interest than the title would imply as pp101-228 comprise "Catalogue of flowers and flower-roots that gentlemen can be supplied with, by sending their orders to the author
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15255
- Title
- A Concise Treatise on the most Effectual Method of Destroying Heath, and Turning the Soil into Good Pasture; with An infallible mode of covering rocks, barren hills, &c. with verdure. Also, a new mode of turning waste and marshy land into good pasture. Likewise A New Method of Improving Moss, &c. together with Valuable Receipts, for destroying Vermin, on Bushes, Hedges, Trees, &c
- Author
- HALL, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Edinburgh. Printed by Oliver & Co. 1802
- Date Published
- 1802
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SOIL GEOLOGY SCIENCE NATURAL HISTORY ROCK MINERALOGY FLOWERS PLANTS FARM FARMING EARTH HEATH VERDURE AGRICULTURE FIRST EDITION
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Unopened
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Errata
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Marbled boards
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