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ESSAYS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS In Two Parts, Illustrated with Copperplates. By A Farmer

by ANDERSON, J

First edition

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Edinburgh & London: William Creech & T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. In original brown-paper-backed stiff blue paper covers, protected by a recently made stiff paper chemise and neatly presented in a green cloth slipcase with a brown morocco label First edition Unopened edges are not crisp and corners somewhat dog-eared. Marginal damp stain to lower edges and inner corner of signatures a and b. pp 371-444 unopened. pp 453-456 carelessly opened - no loss. p67/8 has one inch tear in lower margin, no loss and not affecting text. Covers soiled and worn with white spots (?paint) on upper side which also has the top forecorner torn off and parts of the lower edge as well. An unsophisticated but well-kept copy 4to pp xxxiii , [1] (errata and directions to binder), 472. 3 folding engravings. Uncut copy: Half title present; title page to Part First; in which there are V Essays; Title page to Part Second is inserted before the title page to Essay VI. - Miscellaneous Disquisitions; Doubts and Queries relating to Agriculture. Rothamstead p 13. Perkins 47. N.B. There is no ESSAY ON QUICK LIME in the first edition. There is only this volume, (i.e. only one volume ) in the first edition. The publication history of Anderson's Essays is very complicated, with constant additions of new essays and material, so for the sake of completeness, this item sold as 1 item with Stock Nos. 298, 299

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