The Modern Farmers Guide. In Two Volumes. A New System of Husbandry: To Which Is Prefixed a Short Abstract of the Author's Life and Travels. By a Real Farmer.

2 volume set. Old calf. Rubbing, edge wear. Crack down front hinge of vol. 2. Solid bindings. Unmarked pages. Includes 4 page list of subscribers. Only 5 foldouts (2 folding plates & 3 printed folding tables). Plate 2 on Vol. 1 p. 307 torn out. Some spotting, old worming to the margin of a few pages. [An aside: Varlo's attempt to claim New Albion in the aftermath of the American Revolution is a remarkable bit of roguery and waggery.] Provenance: Owen T. Price's copy, name on fep. From a collection of books purchased from an old Pennsylvania family. (Jonathan Jones, David Wister, Lower Merion, PA).