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General View of the Agriculture of Cheshire; With Observations Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement
1808877P16London: Richard Phillips; Faulder and Son; et al 1808. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very scarce first edition agricultural study by Sir Henry Holland an illustrated volume with folding maps and colour plates. The first edition of this very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece one folding map one folding plate two colour plates and three plates.Collated all plates are present. Bound without endpapers.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear.An early work by physician and travel writer Sir Henry Holland looking at the nature of agriculture in his home county Cheshire. Before beginning his medical studies in Edinburgh Holland was employed by the Board of Agriculture upon the suggestion of Sir John Stanley to report on the agriculture of Cheshire. This work provides a detailed study on agriculture in the county at the beginning of the nineteenth century with proposals on how to improve its state. Holland was a cousin of Elizabeth Gaskell and his great-uncle was Josiah Wedgwood. Later in life Holland gained fame for his travel writing. At a party hosted by relatives in 1836 he read pages of Darwin's journal he sent from his Beagle voyage. In a quarter cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Paper remnants to the head of the joints. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine heavier to the extremities with a little loss of paper. Minor rubbing to the boards. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Small closed tear to the folding map to the frontispiece. Good Richard Phillips; Faulder and Son; et al hardcover
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