A Treatise on Cobbett's Corn, Containing Instructions for Propagating and Cultivating the Plant, and for Harvesting and Preserving the Crop

William Cobbett

Verlag: William Cobbett

Beschreibung

Illustrated Small 8vo Modern pebbled violet cloth, leather label on spine London: Published by William Cobbett, 1828 First Edition (?) In 1820 on returning from the United States, where he had fled fearing arrest for his arguably seditious writings, Cobbett established a plant nursery at Kensington, where he trialed a dwarf strain of maize he found growing in a French cottage garden which grew well in England's shorter summer To help sell this variety, Cobbett published Treatise on Cobbett's Corn Charmingly written, including anecdotes of his travels through America, and the farming techniques and people he encounters there Spine faded; some staining and foxing; marginal pencil markings; o/w Very Nice. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7254

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Titel: A Treatise on Cobbett's Corn, Containing ...

Verlag: William Cobbett

Einband: Hardcover

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