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Chomel, Noël: Dictionnaire oeconomique, contenant
divers moyens d’augmenter son bien, et de conserver sa santé. Avec … Lyon & Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1732, 3. edition, 2 volumes, pp. [xii], 1656, xcix, (1, privelege) (double columns); [iii]], 1570, lxxxvi (double columns); numerous woodcuts in text, folio (250 x 383 mm), contemporary calf, richly gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and gilt-lettered morocco labels (neatly rebacked, preserving spines, but 2 lower compartments missing). Last few leaves of volume 2 marginally stained. Very well preserved copy.
€ 1.400
Vast compendium on domestic management with extensive practical chapters
on husbandry, fishing, hunting, agriculture, botany, gardening, vineyards,
bee-keeping, medicine, etc. |