REY de PLANUZU (François Joseph): OEuvres d'agriculture. 24 - Lot 131

REY de PLANUZU (François Joseph): OEuvres d'agriculture. 24 fascicles collected in one volume. Paris, various publishers, 1786-1787. 19.5 by 25.5 cm. Contemporary half basane, spine with 5 ornate bands. Worn binding. Good condition inside. M. PLANUZU's works are illustrated with 29 engraved and illuminated plates out of text, and one allegorical plate in black (complete). Following the 24 texts by Rey de Planuzu, we find, bound in the same volume: TILLET (Mathieu): Dissertation sur la cause qui corrompt et noircit les grains de bled dans les épis (...). Bordeaux, Brun, 1755. 150 pages, followed by 3 folding tables and two double-page tables. Light staining on part of the work, fold-out tables restored in the past, not missing. And TILLET (Mathieu): Expériences et observations sur la végétation du blé (...). Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1774. 60 pages. Light foxing. Titles of 24 fascicules by Rey de Planuzu: Causes of the languishing state of agriculture in France. A most economical fertilizer. Tableau de division des terres en douze sols. (light wetness) Traité sur la pomme de terre avec un moulin pour en extraire la farine. Use of different herbs. Different ways of sowing. On meadow fodder. Description of a machine for cutting turneps. Description of a simple lever. A treatise on oxen. Various escapement probes. Grain threshing machine Cultivation of turneps Cart for transplanting large trees. Machine for preserving pome fruits. Hydraulic machine. Crank mill for chopping straw. On all species of poultry or barnyard birds (light wetness). Rural economy processes. Grass cutting machines 23. Nature shows 24. Harrow to remove thatch. 25. Furrow-opening machine, furrow-covering machine 26. Treatise on bees. The engravings are unaffected by wetness... Each issue bears the author's initials at the bottom of the title pages. The author was a tireless inventor, devoting his life to improving agriculture in France... The 30 plates are beautiful... Complete sets of the 26 fascicles are extremely rare...