96 - DUPUY-DEMPORTE (J. B.).

DUPUY-DEMPORTE (J. B.). The Cultivating Gentleman, or A Comprehensive Treatise on Agriculture. Paris, Simon & Bordeaux, Chapuis l’aîné, 1761–1764. 8 volumes bound in 4 quarto volumes, marbled calfskin, ornate ribbed spines, gilt fillet on the edges (contemporary binding). First edition of this treatise on agriculture, inspired by Thomas Hale’s *The Compleat Body of Husbandry*, published in 1756. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 21 separate copperplate plates by Nicolas Chalmandrier. *Le Gentilhomme cultivateur* was the first comprehensive work on agriculture based on the ideas and experiments conducted in the wake of Duhamel du Monceau. It is a very comprehensive work covering soil, fertilizers, arboriculture, and the raising of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs […] with an extensive chapter on hops […] Volume 7 contains a major treatise on viticulture, accompanied by various essays on vineyards in Upper Burgundy, Provence, and the Jura. A fine copy. Some minor wear or old repairs; a few minor interior defects, including some faint water stains, mainly in the corners.