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1175 - BERTRAND, Jean. *On Water in Relation to Rural Economy, or A Treatise on the Irrigation of Meadows* [...]. Avignon, & sold in Lyon by G. Regnault, 1764, In-8°: xvi–176 pp.; 7 ill. (a few pinholes, water stains at the bottom of the first quires, browning at the top of the last leaves). Speckled calfskin from the publisher, smooth spine with gilded coffered and fleur-de-lis decoration, red title label, blue marbled edges (slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, corners worn). First edition, illustrated with 7 plates of technical diagrams. The work is dedicated by the author—an agronomist and pastor in Orbe, Switzerland—to the Economic Society of Bern.
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BERTRAND, Jean. *On Water in Relation to Rural Economy, or A Treatise on the Irrigation of Meadows* [...]. Avignon, & sold in Lyon by G. Regnault, 1764, In-8°: xvi–176 pp.; 7 ill. (a few pinholes, water stains at the bottom of the first quires, browning at the top of the last leaves). Speckled calfskin from the publisher, smooth spine with gilded coffered and fleur-de-lis decoration, red title label, blue marbled edges (slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, corners worn). First edition, illustrated with 7 plates of technical diagrams. The work is dedicated by the author—an agronomist and pastor in Orbe, Switzerland—to the Economic Society of Bern.
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