FABRE (Jean-Henri). [The Book of Fields].... - Lot 18 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Paris

FABRE (Jean-Henri). [The Book of Fields]. Autograph manuscript. S.l.n.d. 1878], 93 pp. in-folio (29 x 19.8 cm), in sheets, central fold. THE EVOCATION OF RURAL LIFE. Presented in the form of Uncle Paul's interviews with his nephews, this manuscript has 27 chapters (out of 91 published) paginated from 37 to 259. Fabre describes here everything that can attract the attention of rural youth among their environment : Chap. XII. The Egg (continued; pp. 37 to 39). - XIII. Hollow trees. Age of trees (pp. 40 to 43). - XIV. Breathing (pp. 44-46). - XV. Breathing (continued; pp. 47-49). - XVI. Attachment of the hen to her chicks (pp. 50-52). - XVII. The poulard (pp. 53-55). - XVIII. The root (pp. 56-59; stamps glued to the back of p. 59). - XIX. The soil (pp. 60-62). - XX. Rabies (pp. 63-66). - XXI. Buds (pp. 67-69). - XXII. Soil (continued; pp. 70-72). - XXIII. Rabies (continued; pp. 73-76). - XXX. Tubers. Starch (continued; pp. 96-98). - XXXI. Uses of starch (pp. 99 to 101). - XXXII. Phosphates and nitrogen (pp. 102-106). - XXXIII. Duck (pp. 107-109). - XXXIV. History of the potato (pp. 110-113). - XXXV. Farmyard manure. Guano (pp. 114-116). - XXXVI. The goose (pp. 117-119). - XXXVII. Ascending sap (pp. 120-122). - XXXVIII. Lime (pp. 123-125). - XLII. Vanilla (pp. 138, 139). - LX. Nectar and insects (pp. 196-200). - LXVII. Vegetation on the limit of eternal snow (pp. 227-230). - LXXI. Crop rotation (pp. 235-238). - LXXV. The flower (pp. 249-252). - LXXVII. The crop rotation (continued; pp. 256-259). This manuscript was published under the title: "Le Livre des Champs. Entretiens de l'oncle Paul avec ses neveux sur les choses de l'agriculture", Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1879. Cf. Cambefort, L'oeuvre de Jean-Henri Fabre, pp. 119-121.