An Account of the Systems of Husbandry adopted in the more improved districts of Scotland
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1813. Frontispiece, xii, 439: Frontispiece, x, 281p, 213p. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Complete with two frontispieces and nine plates in addition to tables and charts. Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835) was a Scottish politician, military officer and writer. Lowndes Volume V. p2404. This copy made its way to Sweden. It belonged to the Swedish politician and businessman Carl Fredrik Waern (1819-1899) with signature and ownership stamp. Waern represented Sweden at the Great London Exposition in 1862. This could presumably be the time when he purchased the book. See Carlander VI p43-44. Light rubbing to the boards as a result of use. A few chips to the spine label on volume I. Internally clean. Item #10189
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