1818 · Hartford
by Sinclair, John
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co., and Cooke and Hale, 1818. 8vo. 220 x 135 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii, [3]-424 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Contemporary tree calf, red leather label; binding lightly rubbed, but in excellent condition. First American edition published immediately after the London edition which appeared the previous year. It was edited for the American farmer and agricultural scientists. It includes information on how a farmer is to determine whether to establish a farm on a particular parcel of land, how to study the soil, knowledge of the location of water supply, and very importantly, how to evaluate the size of (truncated)