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CALVEL (Étienne). Of the melon and its culture in greenhouses, under frames, on different layers and in the open ground. Paris, Marchant, 1810. In-8, burgundy half-calf, smooth spine decorated (Modern binding). False title, title, pp. (7) to 71, a plate representing the thermometer stake of Mr Régnier. Second edition of this rare monograph on melons. Étienne Calvel, agronomist from Toulouse (died around 1830), published his first researches in La Feuille du cultivateur before gathering them in a work first published in 1805. This new edition includes a "notice sur la courge-melone et sur ses avantages". From the library of H. Pasquier (bookplate and repeated stamp). Freckles and wetness. Quérard, II, 27 and Oberlé, Fastes, 709: 1828. Unknown to Pritzel, Vicaire, Bitting.
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CALVEL (Étienne). Of the melon and its culture in greenhouses, under frames, on different layers and in the open ground. Paris, Marchant, 1810. In-8, burgundy half-calf, smooth spine decorated (Modern binding). False title, title, pp. (7) to 71, a plate representing the thermometer stake of Mr Régnier. Second edition of this rare monograph on melons. Étienne Calvel, agronomist from Toulouse (died around 1830), published his first researches in La Feuille du cultivateur before gathering them in a work first published in 1805. This new edition includes a "notice sur la courge-melone et sur ses avantages". From the library of H. Pasquier (bookplate and repeated stamp). Freckles and wetness. Quérard, II, 27 and Oberlé, Fastes, 709: 1828. Unknown to Pritzel, Vicaire, Bitting.
