Agriculture - New comprehensive course in agriculture theory - Lot 71

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Agriculture - New comprehensive course in agriculture theory - Lot 71
Agriculture - New comprehensive course in agriculture theory and practice [...] or Dictionnaire raisonné et universel d'agriculture (Reasoned and Universal Dictionary of Agriculture). A work written on the plan of the late Abbé Rozier, from which all the articles whose goodness has been proven by experience, by the members of the agriculture section of the Institut de France, etc., have been preserved. With intaglio figures. Paris, Deterville, 1809, 13 vol. 8°, XXVIII-532 p., 5 pl. dépl. ; [4]-584 p., 5 pl. dépl. ; [4]-590 p., 6 pl. dépl. ; [4]-560 p., 5 pl. dépl. ; [4]-567-1bl. p., 5 pl. dépl. ; [4]-580 p.., 4-fold spread; [4]-588 p., 2-fold spread; [4]-547-1bl. p., 9-fold spread; [4]-570 p., 3-fold spread; [4]-592 p., 9-fold spread; [4]-582 p., 4-fold spread; [4]-622 p., 3-fold spread; [4]-622 p., 3-fold spread.., and [4]-704 p., in total, as inscribed in the titles of the last volumes, 60 folding plates, full glazed calf slightly flamed, plates framed with two small gilded motifs, gilded fillet on the cuts, smooth spines entirely decorated, title and tomaison pieces in burgundy and black morocco (original defect of the skin on the plates of vol. 8 and on the front cover of vol. 8. 11; upper cap of vol. 12 restored, bits lightly rubbed. Superb specimen. The abbot Rozier deals primarily with agriculture, but his dictionary does not limit itself to the only activity of production. Thus he does not hesitate to treat all the economic, scientific, industrial, pharmacological, veterinary or even architectural aspects of it. Viticulture, beekeeping, surveying, forestry, marshland drainage, still distillation, agricultural almanac, farriery and woad making are all covered in turn in the dictionary. In its time, this "Complete Course in Agriculture" will be considered one of the most comprehensive works on the subject, while remaining affordable for a wide readership. Following the success of the book, a new version was published in 1809. "Written on the plan of th
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