Agricultural dictionary Gleanings from books, on agriculture London 1801
[Agricultural dictionary.] Gleanings from books, on agriculture. London: printed by W. Smith; sold by Johnson; and Bagster, 1801. (4)196 pp. + an engraved frontispiece. 8vo, original light blue boards, drab paper backstrip (spine worn, joints weak). First edition. An agricultural dictionary, with the entries arranged alphabetically from "alder" to "yams." The information has been compiled from the writings of Marshall, Young, Curtis, and Withering, and the transactions of several learned societies. With an engraved frontispiece of farming implements. Slight crease in the title-page, otherwise a very good copy in original condition. Uncommon; the NUC lists three copies CU, MH-A, NcD). Perkins 697.
£175
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