Arator; Being a Series of Agricultural Essays, Practical & Political: In Sixty-One Numbers. Second Edition...Revised and Enlarged
by TAYLOR, John
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About This Item
Georgetown: J. M. Carter, 1814. hardcover. good. 279pp. + 1 page index. 12mo, contemporary calf, bottom of spine worn, corners bumped and worn, calf lightly soiled, light browning to most pages with some pages also foxed in margins, dampstaining to some margins. Georgetown, (District of) Columbia: J. M. Carter, 1814.<br/> <br/> "John Taylor was one of America's greatest disciples and philosophers of agrarian liberalism. He was the champion of local democracy and one of the first and clearest spokesman of state rights...A farmer himself, he strove to improve agricultural methods on his own estate and in 1803 published a series of essays in a Georgetown newspaper to explain his methods and ideas. They were later reprinted (1813) in book form..." Dictionary of American Biography XVIII, p. 333. Shaw & Shoemaker 32909. Sabin 94484<br/> <br/>
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- Title
- Arator; Being a Series of Agricultural Essays, Practical & Political: In Sixty-One Numbers. Second Edition...Revised and Enlarged
- Author
- TAYLOR, John
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- J. M. Carter
- Place of Publication
- Georgetown
- Date Published
- 1814
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.