THE CODE OF AGRICULTURE;; including observations on gardens, orchards, woods, and plantations.
Hartford: Hudson Cooke & Hale, 1818. First US Edn. Tall 8vo, pp. viii, 424. Engraved frontispiece and bound with six plates. Rubbed contemporary tree calf (front cover almost separate). Offsetting on the title-page from the frontis. Few pencil underlinings. With the engraved bookplate of Charles Goodspeed incorporating a reproduction of a Paul Revere engraving of the Boston Massacre. Imprints 45720. Item #13183
Sinclair corresponded with American President George Washington on agricultural matters and was the initial President of the British Board of Agriculture. Includes sections on climate and soil, capital and livestock, modes of improving land, ways of using land. With an appendix on dealing with specific problems.
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