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First edition. Quarto. xli + 534pp. incl. addenda leaves; 16 letters; 4 appendices; errata page at verso of xli. With half-title leaf bound in before title page. Presentation copy inscribed on a preliminary blank by author ''To Sir James Grant of Grant, Baronet''. Recently and appropriately rebound in grey boards with printed paper label to spine. New endpapers. General age discolouration and staining to leaves, not affecting legibility of text. Overall a 'Good' but not 'VG' example of an important and rare work by James Anderson, the eminent Scottish agriculturist, journalist and economist, 1739-1808.