Abbé D. Vallemont - Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la vegetation ou l'agriculture et le jardinage - 1708

Abbé de Vallemont – Curiosities of Nature and of Art on Vegetation, or Agriculture and Gardening in Their Perfection
Brussels, at Jean Léonard, 1708. With approbation and privilege. In-12mo, contemporary full calf binding.
Famous treatise on agriculture and gardening of the eighteenth century, first published in 1703. It deals with the multiplication of wheat, the cultivation and embellishment of flowers and fruits, grafting and budding of trees, as well as palingenesis (resurrection of plants).