Observations sur L'Agriculture et Le Jardinage.
Paris: Saugrain, 1740.
Price: $500.00
About the item
Later edition. [xx], 384, [22]; [iv], 406, [26] pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt floral vignettes in spine compartments, red edges. Fine.
Item #316758
Written for new owners of country estates and for those who have developed an interest in improving the lands on their existing estates. Full of practical information, such as the ideal distances between sapling plantings for successful tree borders or fecund orchards. Various methods of pruning, transporting, grafting and forcng fruits are explained in detail. First published in 1712.
