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180036157Boston: Young and Minns 1800. 29 3 blanks pp. Disbound widely scattered foxing. Except as noted Very Good. <br/><br/> Fifty inquiries are propounded by the Trustees of the Society "with a view to collect the most accurate Information on the principal Branches of Agriculture as now practiced and thus be enabled to propagate the knowledge of whatever shall be found useful; and to open more wide the way to future improvements." <br/> As ESTC notes "Only the odd pages are numbered. The even-numbered pages are blank." <br/>Rink 1134. Evans 37935. ESTC W20529. Young and Minns unknown books
179826309Boston: Young & Minns 1798. Stitched self-wrappers. 8vo. 25pp. Age darkened with soiling throughout. Some loss to corners of title page not affecting text; small duplicate institutional stamp on verso of title page. A tender copy. Evans 34084. <br/><br/> Young & Minns unknown books
1779522781779. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. DER PRAKTISCHEN GEISCHICHTE EUROPAISCHER NATURPRODUKTE. Nurenberg: auf Kosten der Stiebnerschen Buchdruckeren 1779-1782. 7 parts numbers 1-7 bound in one volume. 288pp. continuous pagination between parts. 14 engravings of horses asses bulls cows sheep and goats all with contemporary hand-coloring. 4to. green paper wrappers hand-lettered paper label to spine. A near fine copy remarkably clean with minimal foxing and slight thumbing to edges of some leaves. The plates are bright and fresh and sensitively colored. unknown books
177729105Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell. 1777. 6 159 1 pp plus folding plate outer blank corner torn. Pages 97-104 misnumbered 79-86 as issued. Printed on pale blue paper. Lacking the half title disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> Several of these "Essays are translated from a Periodical Work published at Paris under the Title of Journal Oeconomique the Translation being undertaken By Doctor Tobias Smollett an Author of great Reputation." This is the book's first edition and the only printing recorded on OCLC. The title describes the subjects covered: cultivating raising and dressing flax and hemp; paper making; bleaching linen; "An account of the Nettle Thread;" "A remedy against Rottenness in Sheep"; protecting plants "from the ravages of the game and insects that feed upon them." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 15597. Rink 1097. Sabin 78985. Hildeburn 3631. NAIP w003401 9. Printed, by Robert Bell... unknown books