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An Essay on Calcareous Manures

An Essay on Calcareous Manures

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An Essay on Calcareous Manures

by Ruffin, Edmund

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Petersburg, Va: J.W. Campbell, 1832. First edition. 12mo: xii, [13]-242 + 1 leaf ads. Very Good. Rebacked to style with japanese tissue, using the original label, binding tight, foxed. 2 preivoius owner's signatures on flyleaf, signature inkstamp p. 61. Ruffin, owner of several Virginia plantations, has been called the father of soil science for his antebellum work, but is more famous for firing the first shot at Ft. Sumter, and bookending that with his suicide after Appomattox. He felt strongly about slavery and amending the soil. References: Wikipedia, Sabin 73915, Haynes 16153.

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Title
An Essay on Calcareous Manures
Author
Ruffin, Edmund
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12mo: xii, [13]-242 + 1 leaf ads
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Publisher
J.W. Campbell
Place of Publication
Petersburg, Va
Date Published
1832

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