Author: Poncelet, Abbé
Title: Histoire Naturelle du Froment, dans laquelle on traite du principe de la fécondité des terres, du développement du germe, de son accroissement, de la floraison, des maladies du bleddes parties constituantes de la farine, des moulins, de la mouture, du pain, de l'usage de la farine dans les arts & metiers, & et enfin de la nutrition.
Description: Paris, G. Desprez, 1779. 8vo. xxxii, 390 pp.; ten folding engraved plates. Later half calf over marbled boards, gilt title on spine. = Interesting and rare treatise on rural economy and in particular on the management and agriculture of wheat. Library labels on paste-downs on first and last blank. Boards detached, spine much rubbed. Inscribed on by former owner on title page. Bookplate of the Boston Society of Natural History mounted on the front pastedown; some light, marginal staining and spotting to a few text pages and plates. Bookblock firm. In all a good copy.

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