HANDBUCH DER RATIONELLEN LANDWIRTHSCHAFT FÜR PRAKTISCHE LANDWIRTHE UND OEKONOMIEVERWALTER. ACKERBAU.
Leipzig, German: Otto Wigand, 1869. Third Edition. Leather-bound. IN GERMAN; printed in Fraktur script. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 555. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving of Albrecht Thaer and 143 drawings. Half calf over dark brown cloth. Gilt title and bandlines to spine. Rubbing to extremities, with three corners showing. Moderate foxing and age-toning throughout. Unmarked interior. Spine and hinges tight. Good. Item #100340
A German manual focusing on arable farming - the cultivation of land and ploughed fields. Many drawings of horse-drawn plows, steam-powered tractors, plow types and other farming implements that deal with planting crops.
Albrecht Daniel Thaer (1752 – 1828), whose picture is the frontis, was a German agronomist and a supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition. He is considered the first Agricultural scientist, who arranged the existing facts and theory of agriculture in a proper system. His works are highly valued among all agriculturists, and in his time referred to as a magazine of solid truths.
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