A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands
by Hitt, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Richardson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1760. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, [2 (verso errata, rectro advertisements)], 208 pages + 1 folding plate. Contemporary full calf binding. No spine label. Page dimensions: 196 x 123mm. No signatures. Joints strong with no splitting. Some foxing. "There are large tracts of Land in the Nation which lie uncultivated, and at the same time capable or producing plentiful crops of Corn." - from the Preface. By the author of "A Treatise on Fruit-Trees". ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13074
- Title
- A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands
- Author
- Hitt, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Richardson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1760
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Errata
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- Spine Label
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- Plate
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- Calf
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