Report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture, appointed to extract Information from the Country Reports, and other Authorities, concerning the Culture and Use of Potatoes

by Board Of Agriculture

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First edition

Seven engraved plates several folding . viii, 177 pp. Large 4to, early 19th-cent. half-calf & marbled boards some scuffing , flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol et al., 1795. First edition of the Board of Agriculture’s famous report on the potato. During the final four decades of the 18th century Britain experienced a number of corn harvest failures with a resulting rise in the price of

• Binding: Leather

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