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123 - COSTAZ (Claude-Anthelme). An Essay on the Administration of …
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COSTAZ (Claude-Anthelme). An Essay on the Administration of Agriculture, Trade, Manufactures and Food Supplies. Followed by a historical account of the factors that led to the great boom in the arts from 1793 to 1815. Paris, Madame Huzard, March 1818, in-8, 419 pages in total. Paperback, plain blue paper cover, entirely untrimmed, printed label. (As published). A fresh copy. A brown stain in the upper margin of the final leaves. First edition. Agro-economic issues; the grain trade; granaries of plenty; the price of bread… Regulation and arbitration in craft and industrial matters: trademarks and industrial property; freedom to practise professions; apprenticeships; steam and hydraulic engines; general economics; savings and provident societies; ‘newly discovered machines for the manufacture of linen’. Included: - TATIN (A.). Reasoned and practical principles for the cultivation of fruit trees, avenue trees and forest trees, ornamental shrubs and bushes; seeds, roots, vegetable plants and pulses; natural and artificial grasslands… Fourth edition... Part One [only]. Paris, Published by the author, Mathiot, (c.1815), 1 volume (of 2) in-8, VIII pp.–273 pp.– Frontispiece. Paperback, plain paper cover. (As published). – Cover worn. Volume 1 only, of 2. It contains a brief farmer’s almanac and a dictionary of vegetable, cultivated and ornamental plants. The coloured frontispiece shows the flower and fruit of the bamia.
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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