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203 - COMMERELL (Abbé de). MEMOIR AND INSTRUCTION ON THE CULTIVATION, USE, AND BENEFITS OF THE DISETTE ROOT.
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COMMERELL (Abbé de). MEMOIR AND INSTRUCTION ON THE CULTIVATION, USE, AND BENEFITS OF THE DISETTE ROOT. Paris, Buisson, 1786. An 8vo booklet of 44 pages, untrimmed, in a modern slipcase, brown half-basane. Faced with the subsistence crises and famines of the Ancien Régime, the Abbé de Commerell sought to promote a highly productive plant, resembling the beet and resistant to both climate and insects, capable of increasing the state’s wealth and feeding both people and livestock during periods of famine. Copy as published.
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