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Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State of New-York Volume IV - Part I
by Committee of Publication
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cohoes, New York, United States
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About This Item
Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of New York, Albany, NY, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Brief gift inscription on front free end paper. Brown cloth spine with paper handwritten label, greenish paper over boards, 172 pages, 50 (Appendix), inexplicably contains Contents of the Third Volume of the Transactions which are not included in this volume, some of the topics covered include: Annual Address on the Theory of Agriculture, Remarks on the Species of Curculio Remarkably Destructive to Fruit, Description of a Cave and in Intermittimg Lake Saratoga County New York, Meteorological Journal City of Albany during the Year 1813-14, On the Misnomer of Some of the Forest Trees of the United States, Observations on the Worm Which of Late Has Proved so Destructive to Bees, Observations Additional on the Worm Which of Late Has Proved so Destructive to Bees, Observations on Black Dyes, and much more. Covers worn and soiled, corners, spine ends, and edges of boards worn, previous owner's name ink stamped on title page and Advertisement page, foxing throughout to varying degrees, damp stains popping up here and there, page removed after last page (probably a blank page). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 10 oz. Category: Science & Technology; Agriculture; Farming & Rural Life. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 011208. .
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- Bookseller
- Dennis Holzman Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011208
- Title
- Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State of New-York Volume IV - Part I
- Author
- Committee of Publication
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of New York
- Place of Publication
- Albany, NY
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- BZDB7 NOISBN history Agriculture New York State, bee destruction Science & Technology; Agriculture; Farming & Rural Life. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of NewYork Volume IV Part I Committee of Publi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology; Agriculture;
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About the Seller
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Biblio member since 2003
Cohoes, New York
About Dennis Holzman Antiques
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