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Title: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge Author: ** Place: Philadelphia Publisher: William and Thomas Bradford Date: 1771 Description: xxviii, xx, 116 (misnumbered as 217, 72, (117)-240 pp. Four folding plates (of seven). (4to) 22.8x17 cm. (9x6¾"), full calf, red morocco spine label. First Edition. Contains scientific essays relating to the Transit of Venus, improving navigation of Pennsylvania and Maryland, etc. Of particular interest is one of the earliest American writings on wine, Edward Antill's "An Essay on the Cultivation of the Vine, and the Making and Preserving of Wine, Suited to the Different Climates in North-America". Lot Amendments Condition: Ex-library from the Allegheny, Pennsylvania Carnegie Free Library with several ink stamps, including on plates. Light scuffing to leather, joints and hinges cracking; lacking plates 2, 5, & 7; light foxing; very good. Item number: 227429