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History of the Rise, Progress, and Exisiting Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York, From September 1788, to the completion of the Middle Section of the Grand Canal in 1819, 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.
Albany: Published by D. Steele, Packard & Van Benthuysen, printers, 1820
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first edition, octavo, iv, [5] - 104, [4], [111] - 210, [2] pp., two maps, 3 facsimiles and two plates, retains original front printed board, rear board lacking, some wear and rubbing to boards, scattered foxing to text, former owner's bookplate, else very good. Housed in a modern ½ morocco slipcase.
Pages 25-51 contain "Journal of Travels, principally by Water, from Albany to the Seneca Lake, in 1791. By Elkanah Watson." American Imprints 4187; Howes W-166; Sabin 102130; Rink, Technical Americana 4736
