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89 - VIVIEN (L.). A Comprehensive Course in Agriculture or A New …
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VIVIEN (L.). A Comprehensive Course in Agriculture or A New Dictionary of Theoretical and Practical Agriculture, Rural Economics and Veterinary Medicine. Preceded by a historical overview of agriculture in various countries around the world, and in France in particular, and by a comprehensive and annotated agricultural bibliography. Paris, Pourrat, 1834–1840, 18 volumes in-8 bound in tobacco-coloured half-calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and gilt footbands, speckled edges. (a few foxing spots; slight water-stain in the top right-hand corner of a few leaves in volumes 14 and 1h; 3 pages slightly creased at the end of volume 15; minor tears to 5 cap bands). The work is illustrated with 351 steel-engraved plates (Volume 1: Plates A to D; Volumes 2 to 17bis: Plates 1 to 346 and 236 bis). A fine copy of this revised edition of Abbé Rozier’s Dictionnaire.
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About the sale ANTIQUARIAN AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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