Pons-Augustin Alletz - L'Agronome ou la maison rustique mise en forme de dictionnaire portatif à l'usage du cutivateur - 1770

Rare complete three-volume set of this new illustrated edition of these essential works for cultivators.

Book I addresses the fundamentals of agriculture, cultivation techniques, soils, seeds, and tools, emphasizing the rationalization of practices and empirical observation.

Volume II broadens the scope to include livestock, veterinary care, fruit and vegetable gardens, as well as preservation and processing methods, integrating popular and scientific knowledge from a utilitarian perspective.

Volume III completes the collection with developments on domestic management, medicinal uses of plants, practical recipes, and advice for rural economy, affirming the work's role as a comprehensive manual of rustic life.

It embodies the materiality of the practical book of the 18th century, designed to circulate widely among farmers and enlightened amateurs, and is part of the tradition of Rustic Houses that, since the 16th century, sought to codify and transmit the art of living and producing in the countryside.

Nice boards

Pons-Augustin Alletz - The Agronomist or the Rustic House formatted as a portable dictionary for the use of the cultivator - 1770 - Volumes I, II, and III - The Library Publishers
568, 566, and 558 pages.

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown leather, showing signs of use, four missing headbands, rounded corners, a small loss of material on one spine, wear on the edges, red edges, decorated spine with raised bands, gilded titles and volume numbers on a morocco piece.

Good interior condition, browning, works enriched with numerous engravings outside the text on folding plates, marbled endpapers.

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