The Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture. Translated from the Latin of Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg by John Mills
by GYLLENBORG (Gustavus Adolphus), translated by John Mills
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London: Printed by John Bell, 1770. First and only edition, 12mo (168 x 100 mm), xvi, 198, [2, adverts]pp., with half-title (bound incorrectly after title-page), cont. calf, joint starting, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco title label. Provenance: with the bookplate of the Surtees Library, Taunton Castle; early owner ink signature of W. E. Surtees to front endpaper. Perkins, 730; Rothamsted, p.136.
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- The Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture. Translated from the Latin of Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg by John Mills
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- GYLLENBORG (Gustavus Adolphus), translated by John Mills
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- Used
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- London: Printed by John Bell, 1770
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- 12mo
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