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The Code of Agriculture; Including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations Author: Sinclair, John Place: London Publisher: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones Date: 1821 Description: [iii]-xvi, 593, 153 (appendices, index, and explanations of the plates), Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author with 9 additional engraved plates depicting farm layouts and machinery. (8vo) 21.5x13.3 cm (8½x5¼"), period mottled calf, ruled in gilt on spine with black morocco lettering piece. Third Edition. John Sinclair was a British politician and a writer on finance and agriculture. He was an exponent of the statistical movement that revolutionized economics at the time. As an enlightened gentleman of the time he applies scientific advances to the practice of agriculture. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing at ends of vertically creased spine, some rubbing and abrasions to calf, corners bumped; light foxing and a few mild dampstains, some dogears and creases; very good. Item number: 317426