Noel Chomel en Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot - Algemeen huishoudelijk-, natuur- [...] woordenboek - 1778

Noel Chomel and Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot - General domestic, natural, moral- and art- dictionary - Containing many means to increase one’s wealth, and to preserve one’s health.
With several tested and proven remedies for a large number of diseases; and fair secrets to attain a long and happy old age.
A multitude of methods to breed, feed, cure, and profit from lambs, sheep, cows, horses, mules, poultry, pigeons, honey-bees, silkworms.
A natural description of domestic and wild vermin, birds and fish, and the means to chase and catch them.
A large number of secret knowledge in horticulture, botany, arable farming, agriculture, vineyard- and orchard- cultivation: as well as knowledge of foreign plants and their peculiar powers.
With the advantages of distilling, dyeing, soap-boiling, starch-making, painting with water- and oil-paint; the making of fabrics for these and other countries; of turf, stone, etc.
All that a capable housekeeper should know; such as the preparation of all sorts of dishes, drinks, baking, preserves; the canning of vegetables for the winter.
To wash chits and laces anew.
What must be done during slaughter time. The preparation of meat, cider, gooseberries, wine, ratafia, various kinds of liqueurs, etc.
The means by which merchants employ to carry on large trade.
A short sketch of most arts, sciences and crafts.
Furthermore everything that artisans, gardeners, viners, merchants, wine merchants, bankers, commissioners, overseers, officers of the court, nobles, clergy and other persons of standing in high offices had to do to make themselves more prosperous - Leiden, Joh. le Mair, 1778 - 2nd revised edition - 7th part - (continuously paginated from 6th part, 3763-4370 (1) pp - half-leather binding

Reasonably good. Planing and rubbing spots, loss of leather at head and spine, right hinge open/broken, left hinge at top about 3 cm open. Interior browned, here and there a spot. A crack, 1 cm, in the margin of three leaves. A few wormholes. creases (little).

Contains all 24 engravings (crack in inner margin of two), including catching birds, watermill, metamorphosis of caterpillar, etc.— all illustrated

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