Ensayo sobre o modo de melhorar as terras
By: composto em francez por M. Patullo, traduzido em portuguez, e impresso de Ordem Superior
Contributors: Velloso, José Mariano da Conceição, 1742-1811
Publisher: Na Typographia Chalcographica, Typoplastica, e Litteraria do Arco do Cego
Published: 1801
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Soil management; Technological innovations; Soil productivity; Agricultural systems; Early works to 1800
Notes: Translated by Fr. José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, who signed the dedication (p. [3]); one of the many titles published to stimulate the development of the arts, agriculture, and industry in Brazil; see Moraes' lengthy comments.

Moraes lists 5 folding tables, not included in this copy, in addition to the 3 leaves of plates; Silva lists only the plates.

Signatures: pi² A-S⁴ T².

Errata on T1 verso.

Publisher's advertisement on T2 recto.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez, v. 5, p. 57, no. 4287

Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. brasiliana (1983 ed.), p. 899