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Louis LIGER

La Nouvelle maison rustique ou économie générale de tous les biens de campagne : la manière de les entretenir & de les multiplier

Chez Claude Prudhomme, Paris 1721, 2 volumes in-4 (20x26cm), (24) 782pp. et (16) 736pp., relié.

Third illustrated edition of 40 figures (11 for the first book and 19 for the second) sometimes dépliantes.Pleine brown sheepskin time. Back with five nerves decorated with pieces red morocco. All red edges. Head cover of the second volume threadbare, tail cap missing the first volume, jaw split tail of the first volume of six inches, five corners bumped and some scuffs. A slight marginal tear without loss burning page 396 of Volume 2, and a pale wetness affecting twenty pages of the same volume. The agronomist Louis Liger is known for its many theoretical publications related to the various fields of agriculture, science despised and misunderstood in his time. He mainly drew its material from New rustic house in the rustic house Charles Estienne and Jean Liébault; There will review all areas related to domestic life: the backyard, bees, horses, cattle, agriculture, ponds and rivers, fruit trees, pruning and grafting, the garden, vines, etc. The fourth book ends with a multitude of recipes, all kinds of stews the most fantastic jams. The book is embellished with numerous plates and detailed information about the various techniques and tools used in each pan of agriculture. The book was a great success and no less than thirteen editions, the last date of 1804. The work of Ligier even be welcomed in the "Agriculture" section of the Encyclopedia of Diderot, which raises the rank of major agricultural contributor to the progress of agriculture, "first of all the arts."

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