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General View of the Agriculture of Cheshire; With Observations Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement
Henry Holland
1808
Richard Phillips; Faulder and Son; et al : London
9" by 5.5"
xii, 375, 2, [3], 16pp
SUMMARY
A very scarce first edition agricultural study by Sir Henry Holland, an illustrated volume with folding maps and colour plates.
First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this very scarce work.
Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece, one folding map, one folding plate, two colour plates, and three plates.
Collated, all plates are present. Bound without endpapers.
Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear.
An early work by physician and travel writer Sir Henry Holland, looking at the nature of agriculture in his home county, Cheshire.
Before beginning his medical studies in Edinburgh, Holland was employed by the Board of Agriculture, upon the suggestion of Sir John Stanley, to report on the agriculture of Cheshire.
This work provides a detailed study on agriculture in the county at the beginning of the nineteenth century, with proposals on how to improve its state.
Holland was a cousin of Elizabeth Gaskell, and his great-uncle was Josiah Wedgwood. Later in life Holland gained fame for his travel writing. At a party hosted by relatives in 1836, he read pages of Darwins journal he sent from his Beagle voyage.
CONDITION
In a quarter cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Paper remnants to the head of the joints. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, heavier to the extremities, with a little loss of paper. Minor rubbing to the boards. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Small closed tear to the folding map to the frontispiece.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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