history rise progress existing condition von watson elkanah (3 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. Title continued: "TOGETHER WITH THE RISE, PROGRESS AND EXISTING STATE OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, ON THE BERKSHIRE SYSTEM, FROM 1807 TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, JANUARY 10, 1820'. In December 1791, Elkanah Watson proposed to the New York State legislature that natural waterways could be used to create what later became the Erie Canal across New York State, connecting the Hudson River and New York City with the Great Lakes. Later he competed with Dewitt Clinton for the credit for this concept. In 1792, with General Philip Schuyler, Watson formed a company to build locks and canals, starting with the canal at Little Falls, New York, about halfway through the Mohawk Valley where the river had rapids that prevented through traffic. Blue paper covered boards, cloth spine with label. Front hinge is cracked with cover firmly attached. Light foxing throughout. [ (iv) ,210pp (2) ] , Pink endpapers. Portrait frontispiece, engraved title page. Two maps one of which is a fold out. Engraved forms. Single page addendum with additional information attached to the rear endpaper and signed Rebman Co. 1909. New York, Western and Grand Canals; Maps; 8vo; 212 pages.

[2], 210, [2] pp., plus frontispiece and four plates (two of them double-page) and two maps (one folding). Title-page vignette. 8vo. Contains Watson's 1791 journal of his trip to the West, his history of canals, and a long section on the rise of organized agriculture in New York (with its own title-page). The folding map shows the route of the Erie Canal. Rather scarce in the original printed boards. Howes W166; Sabin 102130; American Imprints 4187; Rink 4736 Original printed paper boards, hinges cracked, rear board nearly detached, paper a bit chipped. Scattered foxing and toning. Still, a good, unsophisticated copy [2], 210, [2] pp., plus frontispiece and four plates (two of them double-page) and two maps (one folding). Title-page vignette. 8vo.