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2 - [AGRONOMY]. SERRES (Olivier de). *Théâtre d’agriculture et m…
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[AGRONOMY]. SERRES (Olivier de). *Théâtre d’agriculture et mesnage des champs*. First edition of this seminal work on French agronomy, by the Protestant Olivier de Serres, a close associate of Henry IV. Paris, Jamet Métayer, 1600. In folio, full havana calfskin, ribbed spine, paper labels with title inscribed in ink. 7 unnumbered folios. - 1004 - 5 unnumbered folios (table of contents). Engraved headbands, footbands and initials. 16 black-and-white woodcuts in the text. Significant losses of leather on the spine and front cover; back cover missing; corners worn; front cover stained; small wormholes; scattered foxing and water stains; title page and last five leaves missing (table). ‘Very rare first edition’ (Tchemerzine, V, 817) of the first modern treatise on agronomy. Olivier de Serres acquired the Pradel mills at Mirabel in the Ardèche to turn them into a model farm where he experimented with numerous botanical and agronomic practices. He shared his expertise with peasants and landowners, introduced madder, hops and maize, and was the first to work on extracting sugar from beetroot. His enterprise, initially isolated, became the symbol of the economic recovery hoped for by Henry IV. The success of this edition was so resounding that the text was reprinted 19 times up until 1675. The fame of this great treatise was only eclipsed at the end of the 17th century by the enthusiasm generated by Charles Estienne and Léibault’s *La Maison rustique*. Contemporary binding, interior very well preserved.
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