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1172 - [LIGER, Louis] La nouvelle maison rustique, ou Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne [...]. Huitième édition, augmentée considérablement [...] et enrichie de figures en taille-douce. Paris Durand 1762 2 vol., 4to; 38 pl. (text n.c., occ. spotting). Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (front joint of vol. 1 starting to split, head and tail of vol. 1 partly missing, some scratching on front board of vol. 1, some light rubbing). Famous 18th-c. encyclopaedic and practical work of the French agronomist Liger (1658-1717), originally published in 1700 as "Oeconomie générale de la campagne". Ill. with 1 front., 37 (14, 23) pl., of which 2 folding, 2 full-page woodcuts and ill. in the text. Vol. I is dedicated to domestic animals (poultry breeding, cattle, horses, sheeps incl. beekeeping, silkworms) and agricultural works (wine- and corn growing, forestry...), vol. II to vegetable & fruit gardens, hunting, bird-catching, fishing and cookery (jams, liquors, making of beer and wine, and "useful secrets"). Ref. Vicaire, Gastr., 521 (28 pl.). - Thiébaud 597 (34 pl.). Prov. Christian Kervyn de Volkaersbeke (old ms. entries).
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[LIGER, Louis] La nouvelle maison rustique, ou Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne [...]. Huitième édition, augmentée considérablement [...] et enrichie de figures en taille-douce. Paris Durand 1762 2 vol., 4to; 38 pl. (text n.c., occ. spotting). Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (front joint of vol. 1 starting to split, head and tail of vol. 1 partly missing, some scratching on front board of vol. 1, some light rubbing). Famous 18th-c. encyclopaedic and practical work of the French agronomist Liger (1658-1717), originally published in 1700 as "Oeconomie générale de la campagne". Ill. with 1 front., 37 (14, 23) pl., of which 2 folding, 2 full-page woodcuts and ill. in the text. Vol. I is dedicated to domestic animals (poultry breeding, cattle, horses, sheeps incl. beekeeping, silkworms) and agricultural works (wine- and corn growing, forestry...), vol. II to vegetable & fruit gardens, hunting, bird-catching, fishing and cookery (jams, liquors, making of beer and wine, and "useful secrets"). Ref. Vicaire, Gastr., 521 (28 pl.). - Thiébaud 597 (34 pl.). Prov. Christian Kervyn de Volkaersbeke (old ms. entries).
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