Author: E. Sebastian Delamer Title: Flax and Hemp, Their Culture and Manipulation
Description: London, G. Routledge and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce mid nineteenth-century guide to the growing and harvesting of flax and hemp, replete with lovely illustrations. The first edition of this very scarce work. Wonderfully illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece, seven plates and numerous in-text figures. In the original cloth binding.This guide describes the various uses, processes and steps to cultivating flax and hemp. With particular education on its culture in England, as well as the methods used to harvest, such as proper soils and management of the crop. Written by Eugene Sebastian Delamer, also author of 'The Flower Garden' and 'The Kitchen Garden&apos. With advertisements to the pastedowns and endpapers. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Flax and Hemp Agriculture Farming Nature Agriculture Not Stated
Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 921Y34
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