Select essays : containing: The manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp. : Also, the whole method of bleaching or whitening linen-cloth. : Likewise, observations on the management of cows and sheep. : The manner of raising radishes, turnips, cabbage, and other such plants. : And an enquiry, concerning the materials that may be used in making paper. : With, valuable dissertations on other useful subjects

Select essays : containing: The manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp. : Also, the whole method of bleaching or whitening linen-cloth. : Likewise, observations on the management of cows and sheep. : The manner of raising radishes, turnips, cabbage, and other such plants. : And an enquiry, concerning the materials that may be used in making paper. : With, valuable dissertations on other useful subjects. / Collected from the Dictionary of arts and sciences, and from various modern authors. ; [One line in Latin from Virgil, with one line translation].

Other author/creator	Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 translator.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed, by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
Description	8 unnumbered pages, 159 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)	Flax. Industrial arts. Linen.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15597 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15597. ^A478749
General note	Half-title: Select essays: on raising and dressing flax and hemp; and on bleaching linen-cloth: with valuable dissertations on other useful subjects.
General note	"Several of the following essays are translated from a periodical work, published at Paris, under the title of Journal oeconomique; the translation being undertaken by Doctor Tobias Smollett ..."--Preface.
General note	Signatures: pi⁴ A-O⁴ Q-X⁴.
General note	Error in paging: p. 97-104 misnumbered 79-86.
General note	Bookseller's advertisements, p. [7-8], 1st count, and p. [160].
References	Evans 15597
References	Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1097
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15597).
Genre/form	Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 15597	✔ Available