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Hind, H. Y.

Essay on the Insects and Diseases Injurious to the Wheat Crops

1857

42.30 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1857
Place of printing
Toronto. Lovell & Gibson; Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics
Author
Hind, H. Y.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Agriculture Horticulture
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, [9] - 139, [i] pp, illustrations from drawings, chart. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering, cover lightly faded, interior near fine and clean in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, who went conducted several important explorations including Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, and whose most famous work is Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula of 1863, here, as a Trinity College professor, wrote this very detailed work on a vital crop. It won the first prize awarded by the Bureau of Agriculture. TPL 3735.