DAILY LIFE] - Lot 147

DAILY LIFE] LIGER (Louis)] La nouvelle maison rustique ou économie rurale pratique et générale de tous les biens de campagne, Paris, Bailly, 1790 Two volumes in-4 in full calf, decorated spines, title-pieces of I: XVI, 847 pages, 20 engraved plates hors texte and II: VIII, 856 pages, 22 plates hors texte, XXX, (2). Eleventh edition, revised, corrected and considerably enlarged, based on experience and new discoveries, the most reliable and the least widespread, according to usual practice, purged of old errors, without systems, with critical, new and interesting observations. Illustrated with 42 hors-texte plates, some folding, and a few in-text engravings. Part One: acquiring land and country property, buildings, provisions and the internal economy of the country home. Part two: Grain land Part three: gardening, vines and beverages Part four: ponds, fishing, hunting and cooking. Worm work in first volume. Bindings rubbed, epidermis and minor damage to headpieces.