Practical Information Flax View Extend: First Edition (1 results)

First edition. 15pp, [1]. Six engraved illustrations in the text. Disbound. Slight chipping to head of title page, contemporary manuscript mathematical calculations to verso of final leaf relating to the 'consumption of foreign flax in Great Britain'. A rare survival of the sole edition of a paper by Alexander Rogers (fl. 1839-1842) of the British India Flax Experimental Association providing a practical plan for improving the quality of flax grown in India, and thus alleviating Britain's reliance on imports from Europe. OCLC and COPAC together locate copies at only two locations (BL and SOAS). Size: 8vo.…