Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 104
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(AGRICULTURE.) Ruffin, Edmund. An Essay on Calcareous Manures.<> 12mo, contemporary 1/2 sheep, rebacked with buckram; ex-library, with perforated stamp on title. Half-title; publisher's ad leaf in the rear. first edition.<> Sabin 73915. Petersburg, VA, 1832

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This is an important early American work on agricultural chemistry (see DAB). In addition, there is some information concerning slavery in Virginia.<