Practical Observations on the British Grasses, Especially Such as Are Best Adapted to the Laying Down or Improving of Meadows and Pastures: Likewise of the British Grasses. To which is subjoined a short account of the causes of diseases in corn
by Curtis, William (John Lawrence; Sir Joseph Banks)
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- Condition
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About This Item
Pater-noster Row, London: H.D. Symonds, 1812. Fifth edition, with additions by John Lawrence. Illustrated with eight hand-coloured plates - 7 of grasses and a folding plate of corn blight, octavo, pp 116, wide-margined and untrimmed, endpapers foxed but otherwise only very slightly marked internally, contemporary boards with later simple cloth spine and paper label, the front hinge strengthened, but a pleasing copy. [Curtis was an eminent botanist, born in Alton, Hampshire in 1746. His book was an attempt to promote the pasture grasses and to ensure a pure supply was developed. Joseph Banks' pamphlet was first published in 1805. It was included in Curtis' work from the fourth edition onwards.]. Fifth edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Practical Observations on the British Grasses, Especially Such as Are Best Adapted to the Laying Down or Improving of Meadows and Pastures: Likewise of the British Grasses. To which is subjoined a short account of the causes of diseases in corn
- Author
- Curtis, William (John Lawrence; Sir Joseph Banks)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Publisher
- H.D. Symonds
- Place of Publication
- Pater-noster Row, London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Agriculture; Mycology; Grasses;
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