Agriculture of New York: Comprising an Account of the Classification, Composition and Distribution of the Soils and Rocks, and the natural Waters of the Different Geological Formations;

Together with a Condensed View of the Climate and the Agricultural Productions of the State, Volume II: Vegetables of New York – food for cattle, the cereals, the leguminous plants, esculent vegetables and fruit and forest trees Pp. viii, 343, 50 (appendix), text-figures, 27 full page plates (15 are hand-colored), 14 full page graphs.  Elaborately blind-stamped and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt spine illustration of wheat and corn, 4to.  This volume contains excellent hand-color plates of vegetables and cereals grown in 19th century New York.  This is volume two of the Agriculture of New York.  Signature of Charles Jeffery Smith on the front endpaper dated 1879.  No other ownership marks. Publisher C. Van Benthuysen Publisher Place Albany, New York Date Published 1849 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description Light foxing to the appendix text pages and to the first few uncolored plate