The Newengland farmer, or, Georgical dictionary : containing a compendious account of the ways and methods in which the important art of husbandry, in all its various branches, is, or may be, practised, to the greatest advantage in this country /
Jonathan A. Hill, bookseller, description: "This encyclopedic work, the first of the kind in this country, contains the acquaintance with the observations and experimental work of other American authors." Dictionary of American Bibliography, III, page. 172. Deane was vice-president and a t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The second edition, |
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| Summary: | Jonathan A. Hill, bookseller, description: "This encyclopedic work, the first of the kind in this country, contains the acquaintance with the observations and experimental work of other American authors." Dictionary of American Bibliography, III, page. 172. Deane was vice-president and a trustee of Bowdoin College from 1794 to 1813. Very good copy. The first edition appeared in 1790; there was a third edition in 1822. |
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| Item Description: | Printed in two columns divided by single rule. Misnumbering: 396 for 397 Signatures: pi⁴ A-N⁴ N⁴ O-U⁴ W⁴ X-2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3A⁴. LC copy imperfect: pages [2-3] at end wanting. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 396 [actually 397] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |