Travels during the years 1787, 1788, & 1789 : undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the kingdom of France. ... By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Board of Agriculture ; Honorary Member of the Societies of Dublin, Bath, York, Salford, Odiham, and Kent ; the Philosophical and Literary Society of Manchester ; the Veterinary College of London ; the Oeconomical Society of Berne ; the Physical Society of Zurich ; the Palatine Academy of Agriculture at Manheim ; the Imperial Oeconomical society Established at Petersburgh ; the Royal and Electoral Oeconomical Society of Celle ; Associate of the Royal society of Agriculture at Paris ; and Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Agriculture at Florence ; and or the Patriotic Society at Milan. 2 vols. First edition of vol. 1 and second edition of vol. 2. Original printing.
Bury St. Edmund's ; Printed by J. Rackham, for W. Richardso,n 1792- 1794. 4to. 2 vols. 23 x 29cm. 3 folding maps. Later linen paper over boards. ... Unfoxed and fresh...
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
2759581:
Vol. 1 is much the same as the single volume ed. of 1792. Vol. 2 is mostly new material (cf. ESTC), including sections on Lombardy and Spain
Vol. 2 has imprint: Bury St. Edmund's : Printed by J. Rackham, for W. Richardson, Royal-Exchange, London, 1794. Apparently somtimes issued as a separate work (cf. ESTC)
Pagination: v. 1: viii, 629, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 336 p. [1] folded leaf of plates
Includes indexes...................................
2 volumes in-4 : VIII, 566pp., 2f. / 2f., 336pp., 2f. ; illustré de 3 cartes dépliantes dont une en couleurs, le tout dans le premier tome.
Exemplaire à toutes marges.
Rare première édition. Excellent tableau de la France à la veille de la Révolution (Monglond II, 816). Item #51-6551
Price: $850.00