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DE BAECQUE et Associés - Lyon

25 - [COMBLES (Louis-Antoine de)]. L'ÉCOLE DU JARDIN POTAGER.
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[COMBLES (Louis-Antoine de)]. L'ÉCOLE DU JARDIN POTAGER. Paris, Boudet, Le Prieur, 1749. 2 vols. in-12, fawn sheepskin, decorated raised spine, red edges (later binding). FIRST EDITION, Volume II featuring a fine title vignette by Cochin. It provides a detailed description of all vegetable plants, including their cultivation, their medicinal properties, and methods of propagation… The title page and frontispiece are missing from Volume I; some foxing, paper loss and small waterstains in the margins of a few pages. Also included: - [LA COURT VAN DER NOORT (Pieter de)]. THE PLEASURES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, or specific observations on the construction of country houses of varying degrees of splendour. Paris, David the Younger, 1752. 2 vols. in-12, fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, red edges (contemporary binding). Volumes II and III only. 16 plates. Several pages browned. SET OF 4 VOLUMES.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS – MANUSCRIPTS – DAUPHINE – HAUTES-ALPES.
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Auction time 09/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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