LIGER (Louis): La nouvelle maison rustique,... - Lot 169 - Richard Maison de ventes

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LIGER (Louis): La nouvelle maison rustique,... - Lot 169 - Richard Maison de ventes
LIGER (Louis): La nouvelle maison rustique, ou économie générale de tous les biens de campagne () Dixième édition augmentée considérablement, & mise en meilleur ordre (). Paris, Durand, 1775. 2 volumes. 19,5 by 25,3 cm. Frontispiece-(12)-916; (8)-918-(2) pages. 37 hors-texts engravings (complete). Numerous woodcuts in the text. Full contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands, havana title page, ornamented boards. Spines torn, corners slightly worn, small defect at the bottom of the spine of volume 1, jaws cracked over a few centimeters, not serious. Despite these defects of use, a very suitable copy. Interior in good condition (rare spotting, one plate expertly restored in an old fashioned way, without missing, one page with a lack of paper in the corner, without missing character. La Maison rustique is an encyclopedia of rural and agricultural life, dealing in a practical and usual way with beekeeping, gardens, farmyard, hunting, wine and cider, oil, etc. An exhaustive summary of all the knowledge of an era, praised by the Encyclopedia.
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