A horticultural treatise containing 5 engraved folding plates after J. Robert, depicting grafting, plants, pruning fruit trees, etc. The work consists of a series of short treatises on gardening in general, peach growing, shelters, trellises, pruning of fruit trees, orange tree growing, cauliflowers, cardoons, melons, etc., as well as strawberries and the cultivation of grapevines, etc. 8vo, portrait frontis, xliv, 558pg, [4], 1 pg. errata, 5 folding plates, one with repairs, others with a few stains to the rear. Approximately two thirds of pg. 65-70, and one third of pg.537/8 have been cut out. Edition: Nouvelle Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Full contemporary calf binding. 5 raised bands and gilt decorations to the spine. Some neat tissue repairs to the head of spine and fore-edges of the boards. Red tint to the page edges and marbled end papers.
Publisher: Chez les Fréres Debure
Date Published: 1774
Publication Place: Paris
Condition: Good
Binding: Hardcover.
Dimensions: 10 x 17.5cm
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