Meigs, Henry [Corresponding Secretary]. Seventh Annual Report of the American Institute, of the City of New-York; Made to the Legislature, March 29, 1849. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1849. First Edition. [11157]
"1848" on the spine, "1849" in the imprint. It is the report for 1848.
Black cloth decorated in blind, gilt title & sheaf of grain on the spine, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, tight. The binding is edge-worn and chipped at the head of the spine, old stains on the front cover. 420 pp., foxing; first few leaves with stain in the top margin. Includes illustrations of stoves, furnaces, a planing machine, garden ornaments, a horse-drawn plow, corn mill, cooking stoves, etc. Good. Hardcover.
The 1848 report submitted to the New York State legislature in March, 1849, consisting of scientific and agricultural studies and discoveries. This volume contains many reports on inventions, farming and agriculture.
