La nouvelle maison rustique ou Economie générale de tous les biens de campagne [...]. Dixième édition, augmentée considérablement [...].

2 vol., 4to: viii-760, viii-756-[2] pp. (browning, some soiling and marg. dampst., sm. tear B3).

Cont. mottl. calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands with red and black leather labels, red edges (rubbed, corners bumped, sm. def. on covers & at heads and tails). Good copy.

New, tenth edition of this work of the agronomist L. Liger (1658-1717), originally published in 1700 as "Oeconomie générale de la campagne". Ill. with 38 numb. engr. pl. outside text (15, 23), of which some folding, and c. 35 woodcuts in text. Very popular 18th-c. encyclopedic and practical work on country life and all its produce: chapters on beekeeping, gardening, farm animals, construction, cultivating the soil, hunting and fishing, botany, herbs, birds, cooking, the making of beer and wine, etc. Ref. Vicaire gastr. 521. - Thiébaut 597. - Opac KBR. - Not in Bn-Opale plus.