Sieur Liger - La nouvelle Maison Rustique ou Economie generale de tous les biens de campagne. 2 vols. - 1736

Paris. At (Impr.) Veuve Prudhomme. 1736. 4th edition, greatly augmented and put in better order; with La Vertu des Simples, L'Apoticairerie & the Decisions of the Droit-François on Rural Matters. 2 volumes. 26.5x21 cm. Vol. I, cover in two colors + 6 leaves + 970 pages + 13 plates, engraved in soft-ground and 6 in text. * Vol. II, cover in two colors + 3 leaves + 971 pages + 22 plates, 2 folded + 26 in text engraved in soft-ground. Full antique leather binding with nerves, raised bands, tips, spine and edges with irons, stained edges, water endpapers, silk ribbons. Headbands and Lampe cum? of Lampe, heraldic ex-libris of the former owner. Chapters on Agriculture, Hunting, Fishing, Cooking, Pastry, Preserves, etc.