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Travels During The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789: Undertaken more particularly with a View of afcertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity, of the Kingdom of France...
by YOUNG, Arthur
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About This Item
London (and Dublin): Bury St. Edmunds, 1792. London: Bury St. Edmunds, 1792 and Dublin: Printed for Messrs R. Cross, P. Wogan, L.White, P. Bryne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. Jones, W. McKensie, & F. Rice, 1793.
Vol. 1 is a first edition Quarto. Bound in contempoary brown diced calf, gilt-stamped spine, rebacked. Vol. 2 is first Dublin edition and second edition. Octavo. Bound in modern brown morocco, gilt-stamped on spine. With 3 large fold-out maps. Custom slipcase made so books appear uniform. Very good.
Arthur Young (1741-1820) was considered the greatest of all English writers on agriculture, however he is also known as a social and political observer as well.
Young gave valuable accounts of the condition of the people and the conduct of public affairs at a critical juncture, the beginning of the revolution.
HBS 67019.
$1,500.
Vol. 1 is a first edition Quarto. Bound in contempoary brown diced calf, gilt-stamped spine, rebacked. Vol. 2 is first Dublin edition and second edition. Octavo. Bound in modern brown morocco, gilt-stamped on spine. With 3 large fold-out maps. Custom slipcase made so books appear uniform. Very good.
Arthur Young (1741-1820) was considered the greatest of all English writers on agriculture, however he is also known as a social and political observer as well.
Young gave valuable accounts of the condition of the people and the conduct of public affairs at a critical juncture, the beginning of the revolution.
HBS 67019.
$1,500.
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- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67019
- Title
- Travels During The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789
- Author
- YOUNG, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Place of Publication
- London (and Dublin)
- Date Published
- 1792
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maps|Voyages and Travels|European History
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
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- Calf
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- Rebacked
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...