Report of the agricultural and horticultural society of india, for the year 1841 [sic].
Calcutta.
Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841.
First edition.
35pp, [1].
[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].
8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
mentioned work (title and drop-head title).
[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].
8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
mentioned work (title and drop-head title).
The second located copy of the annual report of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for the year 1840, together with a contemporary list of members, printed at the Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta which operated from 1818 until the 1970s.
The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey (1761-1834) in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society, including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country, the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant, the promotion of tea culture in Assam, and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco.
OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location (BL).
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 32634
The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey (1761-1834) in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society, including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country, the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant, the promotion of tea culture in Assam, and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco.
OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location (BL).
