A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE & RURAL AFFAIRS; In Forty-Seven Numbers. by "Agricola", A North-Carolina Farmer
by Agricola", A North-Carolina Farmer (George Washington Jeffreys)
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About This Item
Raleigh: Joseph Gales, 1819. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition, 1819. A Very Good copy. 16mo., 223, (2)pp., illustrated with drawings. Rebound in 20th century full calf, with title on a red morocco label on the spine. Text is browned with occasional scattered foxing. Lacking a front blank end paper. Previous owner's name, date(1834) and presenter on the title page in ink. A Very Good copy. ***An early North Carolinian imprint, a series of essays on agriculture & rural affairs. applying the scientific principals, and attempting to raise the education of North Carolina farmers from its low level. One of the great North Carolina rarities.***.
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- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE & RURAL AFFAIRS; In Forty-Seven Numbers. by "Agricola", A North-Carolina Farmer
- Author
- Agricola", A North-Carolina Farmer (George Washington Jeffreys)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Joseph Gales
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Holt64, farming, early, american, imprints, North Carolina, agriculture, Americana
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