Beautiful Exp; In4, In 2 Vol. "" The New Rustic House, Or General Economy &c.. Paris 1740 Fig.

A fine copy of this famous 18th century book, the "Bible of the Gentleman Farmer", often consulted and therefore rare in this good condition for a work abundantly illustrated... 2 Large Volumes in 4, full tinted glazed calf, ribbed spine decorated with beautiful gilt iron in the boxes with rosette, titles and volume numbers in red morocco, marbled endpapers; pinked edges. Two-tone title and pretty figure in frontispiece representing a noble house. Numerous full-page engraved figures: "The New Rustic House", or General Economy of all Country Goods: The way to maintain them & multiply them; Given previously to the Public by Mr. Liger. Fifth Edition, considerably enlarged, & put in better order; with, "The Virtue of Simples, the Apothecary, & the Decisions of French Law on Rural Matters; And enriched with Figures in Intaglio, by M. ****** Du Fond Cl; Prudhomme, at the Bonne-Foy crowned; in Paris, At the Palace, at Saugrain fils, in the great Hall, on the side of the Cour des Aydes, at the Providence. M. DCC. XL. (1740). Beautiful, complete and proper work from the youth of Louis XV.