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On the basis of 30 years experience in agriculture

SALLE DE L'ETANG, Simon Philibert de la.
Manuel d'agriculture pour le laboureur, pour le propriétaire, et pour le gouvernement: contenant les vrais & seuls moyens de faire prospérer l'agriculture, tant en France que dans touis les autres etats où l'on cultive; avec le réfutation de la nouvelle méthode de M. Thull.

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignettes.

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignettes.



Paris, Lottin & Dessain Jun., 1764. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calfm spine gilt in compartments with brown title label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignettes. (4), xviii, (2), 584 pp.

First edition of this manual on agriculture by the French agricultural scientist Simon Philibert de la Salle de l'Etang (ca. 1700-1765), députébof Rheims at Paris, and author of the Traité des prairies artificielles (Paris, 1751-1756). In this manual written on the basis of his experience of 30 years, he criticizes, perhaps too violently, the system of Mr. Tull (pp. 491-572). The next year his criticismc have bee refuted by Delamarre in his book Défense de plusieurs ouvrages sur l'agriculture, ou Réponse au livre intitulé Manuel d'agriculture. Further editions appeared in 1767, 1768 and 1784.

Good copy.- (Frontispiece lacking).
Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Bibliogr. univer. ancienne et moderne 40 (1825), p. 182; Florian Reynaud, Les bêtes à cornes (ou l'élevage bovin) dans la littérature agronomique de 1700 à 1850 (Caen 2009), annexe 2.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  French  Manuals 

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