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Dictionnaire oeconomique, contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien, et de conserver sa sante. 2 vols. in 2 vols. Commercy, Thomas 1741. fol. With 9 copper plates, numerous partly full-page plates. Text copperplates, 3 wdh. gest. vign. and numerous woodcuts in text. 6 fol., 424 p.; 1 fol., 398 p. Bindery c. 1850 (traces of use, joints cracked). Goldsmiths 6930 and 7738 and Zischka 185 - fourth edition. Precursor of the "Encyclopedie methodique" (compare Collison 1151.). With fine representations from home, agriculture, forestry, technique, handicraft, sciences etc.. The engravings mainly with depictions of fishing and bird-catching. - Some traces of use. - Laboulaye,C.╗ Dictionnaire des arts et manufactures. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Paris (c. 1855).
