VOELCKER, John Augustus. Report on the Improvement of Indian Agriculture. London, Eyre and Spottiswode, 1893.
8vo. Publisher's full calf, spine with raised bands and two red morocco lettering-pieces, ornamented in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; pp. Xxxiii ,460pp, 3 folding lithographic maps with colour printing; a very good copy, presented by the author's daughter in 1940 to the Executive Council of the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux (typed presentation note inside front cover).
First edition of a rather uncommon work analyzing the agriculture of India, possibilities for improvement, as well as social relations determining the status quo. The author was the son and successorto an agricultural chemist of German origin, who had attended Liebeig's famous lectures.
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