Observations on the Utility, Form and Management of Water Meadows, and the Draining and Irrigating of Peat Bogs, with an Account of Prisley Bog, and other Extraordinary Improvements, Conducted for His Grace the Duke of Bedford, Thomas William Coke, E
SMITH, WILLIAM ( Engineer & Mineralogist.)
Published by Norwich printed for John Harding London, 1806
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First edition. Two folding engraved plates. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches), pages: xviii:19-121:(3,blank):(3:1:4, lists of Agricultural books printed for John Harding). Later binder's cloth, uncut; binding warped, frontispiece detached but undamaged, internally good. A scarce early; work by William Smith (1769-1839), who is known as "the Father of English Geology", and famous for producing the first geological map of Britain, published in 1815. Seller Inventory # 21373
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Title: Observations on the Utility, Form and ...
Publisher: Norwich printed for John Harding London
Publication Date: 1806
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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