Nong sang ji yao 農桑輯要 Fundamentals of Agriculture & Sericulture

by Office Of The Grand Supervisor Of Agriculture, Si

$9,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

98; 89 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, orig. stitching a little loose . China : Zhong jiang que shu 中江榷署, 1895. An important edition of the “earliest officially commissioned agricultural work to have survived to the present day.” The book is “essentially a practical handbook, full of information on crops both old and new, down-to-earth, realistic and accurate” Francesca Bray, Agriculture, Science and

• Binding: Wrappers

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