Author: Liger, le Sieur Louis.
Title: OECONOMIE GENERALE DE LA CAMPAGNE, ou Nouvelle Maison Rustique.
Description: A Amsterdam Chez Henri Desbordes ..., 1701. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. [16], 342, [10]; [8], 320, [12]p. Title pages in red and black, dec. head and tail pieces and initial letters, numerous ills. French text. Manuscript note to rear f.e.p., with the signatures of Th. Desbrisay to title page of volume 1., some browning, original calf in part to lower board and gilt tooled spine, with substantial early restoration work with later leather upper board and part of spine and lower board, some cracking and wear with some loss, upper board loose. ¶ Vicaire 520. The work has its origins in Charles Estienne's Praedium Rusticum (1554), the French version of which was edited and seen through the press by Jean Liébault in 1564 under the title L'Agriculture et Maison Rustique. Numerous editions, revisions, and updates followed, with French horticulturalist Louis Liger's two-volume modernized version, [the above], first appearing in 1700. Louis Liger (1658–1717) French agronomist and prolific writer on flora and fauna.

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