Observations sur la culture des arbres fruitiers. 1718.
Covers with gilt arms of la Rochefoucauld
[ROBERT, procureur au Châtelet].
Observations sur la culture des arbres fruitiers.
Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1718.
950 €
12mo (16.2x8.8 cm), (20)-221-(2)-(1bl.) pages.
binding: Contemporary full havana mottled calf, gilt arms on covers (La Rochefoucauld), spine gilt (fadded) in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece, marbled endpapers.
Caps rubbed, one corner bumped.
Scarce first edition of this works on fruit trees.
Good copy, binding with arms of la Rochefoucauld on covers.
references: Barbier [12958].
provenance: Library of Château de la Roche-Guyon (stamp on title) and Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (1690-1762) (arms on covers).
