La Nouvelle Maison Rustique, ou Économie Rurale, Pratique et Générale de tous les biens de Campagne [vols. 1 & 2]
by Bastien, Jean-François
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Paris: Deterville Desray, 1798. Hardcover. Good. "Nouvelle Édition, entièrement refondue, considérablement augmentée et mise en ordre, d'après les expériences les plus sûres, les auteurs les plus estimés, les mémoires et les procédés de cultivateurs, amateurs et artistes, chacun dans les parties qui les concernent par J.-F. Bastien." Volumes 1 and 2 of 3: [4], xvi, 889, [1] p.; [4], iv, 899, [1] p.: 40 leaves of copperplate engravings (17 folded); 27 cm. Contemporary full speckled calf six spine compartments between raised bands; red morocco labels in second compartments with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled decoration in other compartments. All page edges are speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Vol. 1 p. 237 has a small newspaper clipping in French attached to the lower margin about the increase in the weight of cattle in England from 1700 to 1801. In Good Condition: much of gilt on spine lacking; leather is rubbed; loss of leather at ends of spine and corners; indentation along top edge of vol. 1 front board; joints generally starting from ends, but hinges are tight; soiling, primarily along edges of pages; scattered foxing; old faint dampstain through much of vol. 1; tear from lower corner of vol. 1 p. 675-6, without loss of text; old dampstain on lower corner of a few pages of vol. 2, not touching text; upper corner of last leaf of vol. 2 lacking, without loss of text; no pencil or ink marks.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- La Nouvelle Maison Rustique, ou Économie Rurale, Pratique et Générale de tous les biens de Campagne [vols. 1 & 2]
- Author
- Bastien, Jean-François
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Deterville Desray
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1798
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- Science & Technology; Gardening & Nature;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Morocco
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