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A treatise on Cobbett's corn : containing instructions for propagating and cultivating the plant, and for harvesting and preserving the crop : and also an account of the several uses to which the produce is applied, with minute directions relative to each mode of application

Title
A treatise on Cobbett's corn : containing instructions for propagating and cultivating the plant, and for harvesting and preserving the crop : and also an account of the several uses to which the produce is applied, with minute directions relative to each mode of application / by William Cobbett.
Author
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Publication
London : Published by William Cobbett, 1828

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Description
12, iv, [292] p. ,[3] leaves of plates, : ill.; 19 cm. (12mo)
Alternative Title
Cobbett's corn.
Subjects
Note
  • Pages [i]-iv (t.p. and following leaf) are printed on "paper, made of the husks of my corn"--P. 290. (The first instance of printing on maize paper; cf. Bookman's bedlam / by Walter Hart Blumenthal. New Brunswick, N.J., 1955, p. 75) "The husks of corn will make paper to print his speeches on": p. [146].
  • Printer information from t.p. verso.
  • Illustrations: three woodcuts.
  • Signatures: B⁶ [A]² ²B¹² C-N¹² O².
  • "List of Mr. Cobbett's books published at no. 183, Fleet Street, London": p. [1]-12 (1st group).
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin
  • Gaines, P.W. Cobbett
  • Pearl, M.L. Cobbett
  • Pritzel
Call Number
Schlosser 144
OCLC
NYPG89-B3024
Author
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Title
A treatise on Cobbett's corn : containing instructions for propagating and cultivating the plant, and for harvesting and preserving the crop : and also an account of the several uses to which the produce is applied, with minute directions relative to each mode of application / by William Cobbett.
Imprint
London : Published by William Cobbett, 1828 ([London] : Printed by Mills, Jowett, and Mills)
Indexed In:
Sabin 14019
Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, no. 86a
Pearl, M.L. Cobbett, 154
Pritzel 1884
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Local Note
Binding (Prints Div. copy): Publisher's, of brown maize paper over paper boards, with printed paper label on spine.
Binding (Pforzheimer copy): Contemporary cloth-backed drab boards, printed paper label (mostly worn away) on spine.
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Local Subject
Paper, Maize -- Specimens.
Added Title
Cobbett's corn.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 144
Pforz (Cobbett, W./Treatise) 1828
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