MANURES: A PRIZE ESSAY

by . L. Dana, amuel

$225 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

Lowell, MA : Published by Bixby & Whiting, 1844. First edition. 12mo. 47pp. Original blue-gray printed wrappers. A little soiling and spotting. DAB states that in 1842 Dana published A Muck Manual for Farmers, regarded as one of the first scientific treatises on agriculture written and published by an American in this country. It also misdates this book as being published in 1850 and says it was widely used as a rural handbook. Item #66194

• Binding: Wrappers

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