DUHAMAL DU MONCEAULE, Henri Lewis (1700-1782). The Elements of Agriculture. Philip Miller, translator. London: P. Vaillant & T. Durham & R. Baldwin, 1764.
DUHAMAL DU MONCEAULE, Henri Lewis (1700-1782). The Elements of Agriculture. Philip Miller, translator. London: P. Vaillant & T. Durham & R. Baldwin, 1764.
2 volumes, 8vo (203 x 123 mm). 14 copper engraved plates. (Some light toning.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges speckled red (some scuffs and chipping to extremities). Provenance: Penn Libraries (shelfmarks “Library, Ben Damph. Forest”).
FIRST EDITION of Duhamel’s treatise, which was a significant contribution to the advancement of technology for agriculture and well recognized in France. Philip Miller revised and translated the work from the French, making the technological advances developed in France available to a wider readership, particularly farmers in English. ESTC T130245.
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DUHAMAL DU MONCEAULE, Henri Lewis (1700-1782). The Elements of Agriculture. Philip Miller, translator. London: P. Vaillant & T. Durham & R. Baldwin, 1764.
2 volumes, 8vo (203 x 123 mm). 14 copper engraved plates. (Some light toning.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges speckled red (some scuffs and chipping to extremities). Provenance: Penn Libraries (shelfmarks “Library, Ben Damph. Forest”).
FIRST EDITION of Duhamel’s treatise, which was a significant contribution to the advancement of technology for agriculture and well recognized in France. Philip Miller revised and translated the work from the French, making the technological advances developed in France available to a wider readership, particularly farmers in English. ESTC T130245.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum Books & Manuscripts
