Dictionnaire oeconomique, contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien, et de conserver sa santé [...]. Quatrième édition, revûë, corrigée et augmentée d'un très-grand nombre de nouvelles découvertes et secrets utiles à tout le monde, par M.P. D'Anjou, prêtre. Enrichie d'un grand nombre de figures. [- Supplément [...]].

Paris, Wid. É. Ganeau [= Marie-Anne Guiard], 1740-1743

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4 vol. (incl. 2 Supplements), folio; 1 pl. (n.c., very occ. foxing, sl. spotting, ff. sl. age-toned and soiling, marg. wormholes/track in the 3 last vol.).

Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (sl. rubbed, some joints partly split, sm. defects).

Later edition (1st: 1709) of this "domestic" encyclopedia of the 18th century. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts in-text, 1 full-p. ill. and 1 fold. plate depicting plans of gardens, fillets, crow hunting, distillation instruments, birds, etc.
Ref. Thiébaud I:204 (2 vol. of Suppl.). - Brunet I:1850. - Einaudi 1086. - Kress 2616 (1st ed.). - Not in Wellcome, Lewine, Garrison & Morton, Bibl. Walleriana, Nissen, (ZBI) & (BBI), Pritzel.