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Exceptionally rare collection of 8 treatises on the cultivation of sugar cane, printed in Jamaica View picture(s) 1 EIGHT PRACTICAL TREATISES on the cultivation of the sugar cane, written in consequence of his excellency the Earl of Elgin's offer of a prize of one hundred pounds in the latter part of 1842. Jamaica (Kingston), Jordon & Osborn, 1843. 8vo. Original half green cloth with marbled boards. With four lithographed plates. (2), III, (1), 185, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  English  Jamaica  Treatises  West Indies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beekeeping for beginners View picture(s) 2 HONINGBIJENTEELT, DE. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1797. 8vo. Contemporary boards. 2 folding engraved plates. (8), 139, (5) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Crafts  Engineering  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Containing everything a gardener will ever need to know View picture(s) 3 HOVENIER, DE NIEUWE EN NAAUWKEURIGE NEDERLANDSE-, Onderwyzende  hoe hier te Lande, onder dit Climaat een Thuin, met  zyn Parken, Paaden, Glintingen en Heiningen wel zal  aangeleid, en hoe de Boomen aan deeze moeten geplant,  gesnoeid, aangebonden en onderhouden werden. Nieuwe druk, Vermeerderd met de voornaamste Gronden van het aankweeken en bebouwen der Boomen tot Espsaljers.- Kweek-School voor Liefhebbers der Hooven en Thuynen, By manier van Saamenspraak  tusschen een ervaare Kender en nieuwsgierig Leerling.- Oeffening en Regte  Behandeling Aangaande het Bebouwen der Moes-Tuynen, Onderwyzende de Regte  Culture van alle de Moes-Planten Welke tot de Keuken behooren. Den Tweeden Druk, vermeerderd met een Nieuw Register, van alderhande zoorten van Zaad-bloemen.- Vermeerdert en Vernieuwd Register Van meest alle de Soorten  van Peeren en Appelen. Den tweeden Druk, meer als een derde vermeerderd. Leyden, Joh. Arn. Langerak, 1721-1735. 4 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Modern half vellum, uncut. With engraved frontispiece and large engraved vignette on two titles by F. Bleyswyck, large folding view of a house and garden, 12 full-page engraved plates of the pruning of all kinds of fruit trees, and plate of the figthing of garden vermin in the first part, and 2 engraved illustrations in text in the second part. (14), 232, (8); (6), 171, (1); (6), 120; (6), 54, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Second Aldine edition of the famous canon of classical texts on agriculture View picture(s) 4 LIBRI DE RE RUSTICA. M. Catonis lib. I. - M. Terentii Varronis Lib. III. - L. Junii Moderati Columellae Lib. XII. - Eiusdem de arboribus liber separatus ab alijs. - Palladii Lib. XIIII. - De duobus dierum generibus: simulque de umbris, & horis, quae apud Palladium. - Index omnium ferè rerum ... - Index graecorum dictionum. - Enarrationes priscarum vocum per ordinem literarum digestae. Venice, heirs of Aldus & Andrea Soceri, December 1533. Large 8vo. Later full calf, tooled 'a l'antique', both sides with two blind ruled frames (consisting of 6 blind and one gilt lines) and one lozenge-shaped frame in the centre with gilt title in the top and centre-piece in the middle, gilt little stars and trefoil as corner-pieces, and gilt initials 'S.V.' on front cover, red speckled edges. Woodcut Aldine device on first and second title and on verso of last leaf, some woodcut geometrical figures in text. (54), 295, (1) ff. (Collation: *4, A-E8, F10, a-z8, A-O8). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Aldus Manutius  Gastronomy  Latin  Venice  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Stories on hunting View picture(s) 5 MAGAZIJN voor Jagtliefhebbers. Arnhem, J.G. Meijer, 1850. Half green morocco, spine gilt with title lettered in gold, green sprinkled edges. Interesting engraved title, 4 charmingly steel-engraved plates of which 1 folding, illustrating the punishment of the hunters by the animals, and  a tinted lithograph, and 9 engraved illustrations in text. (6), 576 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Horses & Horsemanship  Hunting  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fine chromo-lithographs of roses View picture(s) 6 ROSES, LES PLUS BELLES-, au début du XXe siècle. Ouvrage honoré  du prix Joubert de l'Hiberderie. Paris, Charles Amat, (ca. 1915). 8vo. Red morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt with leafed ornaments and gilt title, gilt double fillet borders on sides, with gilt roses in the four corners, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With 18 chromo-lithographed plates of roses, mostly after P. Seguin-Bertault, and several illustrations and photographs in text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Gardens  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Philipinne imprint View picture(s) 7 (GOBRANTES, Felipe). (TOBACCO). Estudios o cartilla sobre el cultivo del tabaco Filipino. Binondo, Imprenta de la revista Mercantil, de J. de Loyzag y C., 1869. 16mo. Later green boards. 11, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Philippines  Tobacco  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With etchings from Adriaen van Ostade View picture(s) 8 (GYSEN, J. van). Het vermaaklyk buitenleven, of de zingende en speelende  boerenvreugd. Met zangkunst verrykt, en tot gemak der speelers op de G sleutel gesteld. Haarlem, Wed. Hermanus van Hulkenroy, 1716. 4to. Contemp. boards. With etching of a mermaid on title, richly etched frontispiece showing a country festival, large folding mezzotint showing a farmer's indoor party, 3 full-page etchings, 1 large folding, with songs underneath, and 21 etchings in text with scenes from country life, incl. some farmer's busts and figures, all after etchings by Adriaen van Ostade, and with musical scores to all songs. (8), 63, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Dutch  Etchings  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to be the perfect French cook View picture(s) 9 (LIGER, Louis). Le menage des champs et de la ville; ou nouveau cuisinier François, accommodé au goût du tems. Contenant tout ce qu'un parfait Chef de Cuisine doit sçavoir pour servir toutes sortes de tables, depuis celles des plus grands seigneurs jusqu'à celles des bons bourgeois; avec une instruction pour faire toutes sortes de pâtisseries, confitures séches & liquides, & toutes les différentes liqueurs qui sont aujourd'hui en usage. Nouvelle edition. Paris, Christ. David, 1739. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt with light brown calf title-label, red painted edges. (12), 473, (7) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Gastronomy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The manufacturing of sugar View picture(s) 10 (OLIVAN, Alejandro). (Cuba). Informe a la junta de gobierno del Real Consulado sobre el ensayo del nuevo tren de elaborar azucar, sentado en el ingenio de San Jose, por la comison encargada de presenciarlo, seguido de un oficio de  D. Alejandro Olivan, referente al propio abgeto: impreso por acuerdo de la misma Junta de Gobierno. Havana, Imprenta Fraternal, 1831. Small 8vo. Bound. Woodcut printer's device on title. (1), 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Cuba  Industry  Sugar  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to create your perfect garden View picture(s) 11 AGRICOLA, G.A. L'agriculture parfaite, ou nouvelle decouverte, touchant  la culture & la multiplication des arbres, des arbustes, et des fleurs. Traduit de l'Allemand avec des remarques. Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1720. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary calf, ribbed, decorated and gilt spine with title lettered in gold. With engr. portrait of the author as frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title and 34 engraved folding plates. (8), 261 (1 blank); (4), 146, 8 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Engravings  French  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A controversial scholar criticizes science View picture(s) 12 AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius. De incertitude & vanitate scientiarum declamatio invectiva, denuo ab autore recognita & marginalibus annotationibus aucta. Capita tractandorum totius operis, sequens indicabit pagella. (Cologne), 1537. Small 8vo. Later half calf, gilt and decorated spine with tiltle lettered in gold and former pasted shelf number, blue speckled edges. Woodcut portrait of the author on title, the date 'MXXXVII' printed underneath, with an added D in manuscript between the M and first X. (4, 188) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Alchemy  Arithmetics  Art  Economy  Geometry  Medicine  Occult  Occult Sciences  Optics  Perspective  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare first edition of the 'Prior', with chapters on wine and distillation View picture(s) 13 AGUSTIN, Miguel. Llibre dels secrets de agricultura casa rustica y Pastoril. Recopilat de diversos autors, antichs y moderns, de llenguas Lltina, Italiana, y Francesa, en nostra vulgar llengua Catalana, per Fra Miquel Agusti prior del temple de la fidelissima vila de Perpinya, de la religio del hospital de Sant Ioan de Hierusalem: natural de la vila de Banyoles Bisbat de Gerona. Barcelona, Estampa de Esteve Librerôs, 1617. Small folio. Modern doe-skin, spine ribbed and blind-tooled, double blind-tooled fillet borders on covers, speckled edges With woodcut vignette on title and numerous woodcut initials, borders and illustrations in the text. (6), 194, (12) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Medicine  Tobacco  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Richly illustrated edition of the reconstruction and description of the famous gardens of Plinius View picture(s) 14 AVAUX, F. DES. Les Plans et les Descriptions de deux des plus belles maisons de campagne de Pline le consul. Avec des remarques sur tous ses bâtimens, et une dissertation touchant l'architecture antique & l'architecture gotique. Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1706. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With 7 engraved plates, five folding, with plans and views of Plinius' houses and gardens. 112, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Architecture  Art General  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous British gardener translated into Dutch View picture(s) 15 BASTER, Job. Philip Miller's maandlyksche tuin-oefeningen in moes-  vrugt- en bloemhof, in boomgaard en oranjehuis, in  stook- en broeikas, en in ent- en kweekery. Derde druk. Amsterdam, Erven H. Gartman, Erven J.W. Vermande, J.J. Schmidt, W. Holtrop, 1821. Original wrappers. With frontispiece engraving by C. Brouwer after J. Smies, a large folding engraved plate, 5 (of 6) large folding tabels. VIII, 292 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Gardens  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important for modern medicine View picture(s) 16 BERGEN, Heinrich VON. Versuch einer Monographie der China. Hamburg, Hartwig &Muller, 1826. 2 vols. Text vol. 4to & atlas vol. in royal folio. Original blue boards, with paper title label on spine and cover. With 8 handcoloured engraved plates  by Gustav Andreas Forsmann, and 5 leaves with 10 folding tables in atlas volume. XII, 348 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Forestry  Medicine  Pharmacology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Chinese influences on British gardening View picture(s) 17 CHAMBERS, William. A dissertation on Oriental gardening. The second edition, with additions. To which is annexed, an explanatory discourse by Tan Chet-qua, of Quang-chew-fu, Gent. London, W. Griffin & T. Davies, 1773. 4to. Three-quarter reddish mottled calf with red morocco title label lettered in gold. With engraved allegorical title (dated 1772) and engraved dedication to King George III, both by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani. 163 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  China  English  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the Dutch translation of the most popular 'domestic' encyclopedia of the 18th century View picture(s) 18 CHOMEL, Noel. Huishoudelyk woordboek, vervattende vele middelen om zyn goed te vermeerderen en zyne gezondheid te behouden, met verscheiden wisse en beproefde middelen voor een groot getal van ziekten, en schoone geheimen om tot een hoogen en gelukkigen ouderdom te geraken, een menigte van manieren om lammeren, schapen, koejen, paarden, muil-ezels, hoenderen, duiven, honigbyen, zywurmen te kweken, voeden, genezen, en winst te doen met die dieren; Velerleije soorten van netten en wyzen om allerleije soorten van vis, dieren en vogelen te vangen, jagen, enz. Een oneindige menigte van geheimen in den tuinbou, kruidkunde, akkerbou, landbou, wyngaard- en boomgaardbou, gelyk ook de kennisse van vreemde gewassen, en hare eigenaartige krachten, enz. Met de voordeelen van het destilleren, verwen, zeepzieden, styfselmaken, kottoenspinnen en maken van kunstgesteenten, die na de natuurlyke gelyken, schilderen met water- en oli-verw, 't maken van bajen en stoffen voor deze en andere landen, van turf, steen, enz. De middlen, waar van zich kooplieden bedienen, om groten handel te dryven, en waar van Engelsen, Hollanders, enz. gebruik gemaakt hebben in den handel met paarden, geiten, schapen, enz. Alles, wat handwerkslieden, tuiniers, wyngaardniers, kooplieden, winkeliers, bankiers, kommissarissen, overheden, officiers van 't Gerecht, edellieden, geestelyken en andere luiden van aanzien, in de eerste bedieningen doen moeten, om zich welvarende te maken. In't Nederduits vertaald, in orde geschikt, en vermeerderd met nuttige artikelen, door de heeren Jan Lodewuk Schuer, A.H. Westerhof, en zeker liefhebber. Leiden & Amsterdam, S. Luchtmans & H. Uytwerf, 1743. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary blind stamped vellum. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 title-pages printed in red and black and 80 folding engraved plates. (8), 1496 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Economy  Encyclopædic Works  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting manual on the viniculture in Lorraine and Mosel area View picture(s) 19 COLLIGNON D'ANCY, T. Nouveau mode de culture et d'echalassement de la vigne, applicable à tous les vignobles où l'on cultive les vignes basses. Metz, Dembour & Gangel for Warion, (1847). Sm.8vo. Later half morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, original and nicely illustrated wrappers preserved: the front cover with title in blue printed decorative border with a view on a vineyard,and a wine press on the back; top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With woodcut vignette on title, and illustrations on wine-growing on 3 large folding plates, lithographed by Dembours & Gangel at Metz. VI, (2), 191, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  France  Gastronomy  Luxembourg  Oenology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Eighteenth-century edition of an important and lavishly illustrated French manual on the Art of Drawing View picture(s) 20 COUSIN, Jean. L'art de dessiner. Revu, corrigé, et augmenté de plusieurs morceaux d'après l'antique, avec leurs mesures & proportions; d'une description exacte des os & muscles du corps humain, & de leurs offices & usages; avec une instruction facile pour apprendre à dessiner toutes ces figures, selon les différens aspects qu'elles peuvent avoir. Paris, Jacques-François Chereau, 1788. Oblong 4to. Modern marbled boards. Woodcut title with large architectural border in 16th-century style and 32 full page woodcuts, of (part of) the human body with their measurements, proportions and drawn from various perspectives. One woodcut is signed: 'Le sueur L'aisné', referring to the wood cutter Pierre I Le Sueur (1636-1716). Woodcut head- and tail-pieces 72 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Art  Drawing & Painting  Manuals  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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