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Agriculture - Poultry farming - Reaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de. Instructions on how to hatch and rear all kinds of tame poultry at any time of the year, either by means of the warmth of manure or the common fire. Translated from the French by J. C. Thenn. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 16 folded copper plates and 10 engraved figurative vignettes. Augsburg, Klett Witwe, 1767/68. 6 pp., 272 p.; 1 pp., 350 p. 18.5 x 10.5 cm. Plain half-leather binding of the period with calico paper cover, cut speckled in pen (signature remnant on spine). First complete German edition, a short excerpt had already been published in 1750. - Cf. Nissen, ZBI 3314 (original edition 1749-51). - Little-known work on poultry breeding, artificial hatching, preservation of eggs, etc. The plates with illustrations of hatcheries, chicken coops and enclosures. - Mottling somewhat drawn into the cut, a good and clean copy. VAT: *
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Agriculture - Poultry farming - Reaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de. Instructions on how to hatch and rear all kinds of tame poultry at any time of the year, either by means of the warmth of manure or the common fire. Translated from the French by J. C. Thenn. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 16 folded copper plates and 10 engraved figurative vignettes. Augsburg, Klett Witwe, 1767/68. 6 pp., 272 p.; 1 pp., 350 p. 18.5 x 10.5 cm. Plain half-leather binding of the period with calico paper cover, cut speckled in pen (signature remnant on spine). First complete German edition, a short excerpt had already been published in 1750. - Cf. Nissen, ZBI 3314 (original edition 1749-51). - Little-known work on poultry breeding, artificial hatching, preservation of eggs, etc. The plates with illustrations of hatcheries, chicken coops and enclosures. - Mottling somewhat drawn into the cut, a good and clean copy. VAT: *
