Alderson, John On the improvement of poor soils Hull 1802
Alderson, John. On the improvement of poor soils, read in the Holderness Agricultural Society, June 6, 1796. In answer to the following question; "What is the best method of cultivating and improving poor soils, where lime and manure cannot be had?" With an appendix and notes. Hull: printed by W. Cowley, n.d. (1802). (6)34 pp. 8vo, disbound. First edition. The author was a physician practising in Hull, who presided over many of the town's literary and scientific institutions (see DNB). A fine copy, complete with the half-title. Rare; the NUC lists one copy (MH). Perkins 32.
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