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204 - SERRES (Olivier de). *The Theatre of Agriculture and Farm Ma…
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Estimate €450 - €500

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SERRES (Olivier de). *The Theatre of Agriculture and Farm Management*… in which is set out everything required and necessary for the proper establishment, management, enrichment and beautification of the country home… Paris, Mme Huzard, 1804–1805. 2 tomes in 4 volumes in-4, 23 x 30 cm, CXCII + 204 pp., frontispiece & 2 ff., [205]–672 pp., one plate & XLIV + 524 pp., frontispiece and 16 plates & 2 ff., [525]–948 pp., contemporary binding in burgundy half-calf, modern smooth imitation spines decorated with gilt faux-ribbing, title labels. A very fine edition of the seminal work on rural economics in France, supplemented with notes by Chaptal, Parmentier, Huzard, Candolle, etc., a lengthy eulogy of the author by N. François de Neufchâteau, and a Historical Essay on the State of Agriculture in Europe in the Sixteenth Century by Abbé Grégoire. Illustrated with 2 engraved frontispieces, including a portrait of the author, 17 engraved plates (layout plans for flowerbeds) reproducing the figures from the first edition of 1600, and engraved headbands. A fine copy on large vellum paper, bound in 4 volumes with separate title pages. From the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (dry-stamped on the title page and p. 39). Corners of the first few leaves of the second volume slightly creased. Slight foxing. - Appraiser: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE

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204 - SERRES (Olivier de). *The Theatre of Agriculture and Farm Ma… See original version (French)

204 - SERRES (Olivier de). *The Theatre of Agriculture and Farm Ma…
See original version (French)