Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat Moss
The peculiar qualities of that substance; the means of improving it as a soil; the methods of converting it into a manure; and the other economical purposes to which it may be made subservient.

By the Rev R. Rennie (Kilsyth)

Edinburgh; Printed by George Ramsay & Co for Archibald Constable & Co, et al, 1807 and 1810. First Edition. Two Volumes. Volume I contains Essays I and II and volume II contains Essays III-IX. Full leather bindings.

CONDITION
A good first edition complete in contents and in thei original tree calf leather bindings. Boards firmly attached and inner and out joints good. All pages good throughout with the odd page with a bit of spotting to the outer margins. No writing or names. Overall very good.

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