Agriculture.- America & West Indies.- [Mitchell (John) or Arthur Young, attributed to]. American husbandry, containing an account of the soil, climate, production and agriculture of the British colonies in North-America and the West-Indies; with observations on the advantages and disadvantages of settling in them, compared with Great Britain and Ireland. By An American, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, first title printed at a slight angle, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern gilt speckled calf in compartments with red leather label, corners worn, covers little marked, a solid set, [Goldsmiths' 11275; Higgs 6319; Howes Y16; Kress 7067; Sabin 106062], 8vo, Printed for J. Bew, in Pater-noster-Row, 1775. *** Rare in commerce. 'Agricultural historians have long realized the importance of the anonymously written American Husbandry...it provides the only comprehensive description of the soil, climate, and agricultural practices and products of the colonies of the First Empire, beginning with Nova Scotia and Canada, and following in geographical order with New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, the Floridas, "Eastern Louisianna", and the West Indies.' (Rodney C. Loeher, 'American Husbandry; a commentary apropos of the Carman edition', 1940). Provenance: Lord Walsingham (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedowns).