ESTIENNE, Charles - Lot 94

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ESTIENNE, Charles - Lot 94
ESTIENNE, Charles L'Agriculture et Maison rustique... augmentee par M. Jean Liebault Paris, Jean Dupuys, 1573 COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING. RARE EDITION, AMONG THE FIRST PRINTED, OF ONE OF THE GREAT AGRONOMY TREATISES OF THE RENAISSANCE. In-4 (218 x 155mm) COLLATION: ā4 ē4 ī4 a-z4 A-Z4 Aa-Yy4 ILLUSTRATION: a few engraved figures in the text. PERIOD BINDING. Glazed calf, gilt decoration, central medallion, small irons at the corners and fillets framing, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges. Old rose ruling More than eighty editions were published up to the beginning of the 20th century. Only one copy of this edition is preserved in a public institution in France, at the Carpentras library. No copies have been offered for sale for thirty years. The final chapters of the book deal with wine and various hunts - but not wolf hunting, despite the title. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 56747 -- Thiébaud, col. 344 (mentions this edition, without having seen it)
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