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A New System of Husbandry, from many Years Experience... To which are annexed a few Hints humbly offered for the perusal of the Legislators of America, shewing How to put a stop to runaway Servants Author: Varlo, Charles Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Printed for the Author Date Published: 1785 Description: 2 volumes. [18], 364; [8], [5]-368 pp. Folding table. (8vo) 19.7x11.9 cm (7¾x4¾"), modern quarter calf & marbled boards, spines ruled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces. First American Edition. Charles Varlo (or Varley) (c.1725-1796), English agriculturalist, ventured to America in 1784 to pursue his legal claim to about a third of the land granted to Lord Plowden in 1634 as the Albion Grant, which embraced Long Island and large parts of New Jersey and Maryland. Varlo had purchased the land in absentia before the revolution, but his claims went unrecognized, though he did publish the present book, and produced several others recording his travels in the Americas. The earlier English editions of A New System of Husbandry did not contain his "Few Hints..." The number of preliminary pages at front varies according to the additional subscribers lists, as noted by Howes. Evans 19338; Howes V54. Condition: Spines sunned; some foxing and soiling to contents, old inkstamps of Haverhill Library Association to title-pages, else very good. Item#: 353562a Headline: Varlo's System of Husbandry, Philadelphia 1785