Notionaire ou Mémorial raisonné de ce qu'il y a d'utile et d'intéressant dans les connoissances acquises depuis la création du monde jusqu'à présent [...]. Avec figures en taille-douce.

8vo: viii-733-[3] pp.; 39 pl. (some foxing, sl. marg. (damp)stains).

Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (joints splitting, some scratches, tail lacking).

First edition of this encyclopaedic dictionary, precursor of the "Memento Larousse", by Fr.-A.-P. de Garsault (1693-1778), French botanist, member of the Academy of Sciences and captain of the "Haras of France". On: agriculture and gardening, astronomy, hunting and fishing, geography, architecture, music, printing... Illustrated with 39 plates, of which 2 fold., and 2 full-page ill.
Ref. BnF. - Not in Brunet.
Prov. Rouillé (ms. ownership entries). - Mod. armorial bookpl.