ROZIER (Abbé François) and Antoine-Augustin PARMENTIER. Theo - Lot 421

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ROZIER (Abbé François) and Antoine-Augustin PARMENTIER. Theo - Lot 421
ROZIER (Abbé François) and Antoine-Augustin PARMENTIER. Theoretical and practical treatise on the cultivation of grains, followed by the art of making bread. Paris, Delalain, 1802. 2 vols. in-8, fawn basane racine, smooth spine decorated, green title and black escutcheon, marbled edges (Binding of the period). I) False title, title, viii pp. (preface), viii pp. (table), 472 pp., one folding map. - II) False title, title, xiii pp. (table), 574 pp. 15 folding plates. Rare first edition of this treatise established in nine books, according to Rozier's Cours d'Agriculture, and enriched with notes by Arthur Young and other English authors on drying and fertilizing. The ancient systems of cultivation, the quality of the land, the climates, the uselessness of fallow land, ploughing and its instruments, the particularities of the various cereals, wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn, rice, sowing, harvesting and conservation are studied. Finally, the last book contains Parmentier's treatise "on the art of making bread with all kinds of flour". The work is illustrated with a map of France and 15 plates showing ploughing instruments, grains, silos... Usual defects to the bindings (cracked spines, trimmed head and corner pieces), volume I with some scuffing. Some leaves uniformly foxed.
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