DESPLACES LAUR. BEN. Histoire de l'agriculture ancienne extraite de l'histoire naturelle de Pline, Libri XVIII. Avec des Eclaircissements et des Remarques. A Paris, Desprez, 1765 Cm. 16,5, pp. xliv (5) 358. Beautiful coeval binding in full Bazzana leather, nerve back with titles and rich gold decorations. Colored cuts. Minimal lack of the upper cuff, which is also a nice specimen, in perfect condition. Original edition in which some themes of agriculture in ancient times are re-proposed. There are chapters on: wheat, polenta and how to cook them; yeast, the way of making bread and the first bakeries of ancient Rome; legumes, beans and their different species; sowing and the best times to carry it out. Cfr. Barbier II, 678.
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