Author: Reaumur, R.A.F. de
Title: Agriculture, Economy, Illustrated, 1751 | Konst om tamme-vogelen van aller hande soort in alle jaartyden uittebroeijen en optebrengen. 2 volumes, 's-Gravenhage, P. de Hondt, 1751.
Description: 16 384 (4) 408 pp. Full leather binding. Gold tooling on spine and board edges, with marbled fore-edges. Richly illustrated, with 15 fold-out engravings and many in-text vignettes. Left upper hinge cracked on Vol. I; other upper hinges slightly cracked. A good copy.A Dutch translation of the original French guide to the artificial incubation of eggs (1749) by famed natural historian René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757). Réaumur was a prolific scientist and intellectual who, though best known as an entomologist, made contributions across many disciplines, including geometry, meteorology, physics, and botany. These volumes represent the arrival in the Netherlands of a decisive advance in the economics of animal husbandry: accompanied by precise diagrams, Réaumur outlines how to leverage heat produced by various sources (e.g. fire, manure) to hatch and raise domestic fowl in all seasons.B0875Eerste Nederlandse handboek voor kunstmatige inseminatie van eieren - broeden - uitbroeden - entymologie - veeteelt - kippenhouderij - natuurlijke historie

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