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480 - RÉAUMUR, René Antoine Ferchault de, *The Art of Hatching [sic] and Raising Domestic Birds of All Species in Any Season, Either by Means of the Heat of Manure or by Means of Ordinary Fire* [...]. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1749. 2 volumes in 1 book, 8vo: xii-342, [4]-339 pp.; 15 fold-out plates (wormholes scattered throughout the lower corners; faint water stains in the corners on the last leaves of vol. II). Marbled calfskin of the publisher’s type, triple gilt fillet encircling the covers, gilt-embossed spine with floral motifs and a red title label, red edges (spine cracked, joints ± split, upper cap incomplete, corners worn). First edition of one of the earliest treatises on poultry farming, concluding with a study of the philosophical amusements that a farmyard can provide. Complete with all 15 descriptive plates and 10 engraved historiated headpieces. Ref. Wellcome IV:484 (incl. Vol. II) Formerly owned by Dr. R. Rickaert (ex-libris).
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RÉAUMUR, René Antoine Ferchault de, *The Art of Hatching [sic] and Raising Domestic Birds of All Species in Any Season, Either by Means of the Heat of Manure or by Means of Ordinary Fire* [...]. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1749. 2 volumes in 1 book, 8vo: xii-342, [4]-339 pp.; 15 fold-out plates (wormholes scattered throughout the lower corners; faint water stains in the corners on the last leaves of vol. II). Marbled calfskin of the publisher’s type, triple gilt fillet encircling the covers, gilt-embossed spine with floral motifs and a red title label, red edges (spine cracked, joints ± split, upper cap incomplete, corners worn). First edition of one of the earliest treatises on poultry farming, concluding with a study of the philosophical amusements that a farmyard can provide. Complete with all 15 descriptive plates and 10 engraved historiated headpieces. Ref. Wellcome IV:484 (incl. Vol. II) Formerly owned by Dr. R. Rickaert (ex-libris).
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