1775 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Rustique Falconry

Louis Liger was a prominent 17^th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work ‘Nouvelle Maison Rustique,’ or ‘The New Rustic House.’ Originally titled ‘General Economics of Country Goods,’ this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting, gardening, fishing, falconry, wine making, beer brewing, cooking, and bee keeping.

This two-volume 1775 edition is filled with fascinating full-page and folding plates alongside in-text woodcut engravings.

Item number: #20339

Price: $950

LIGER, Louis

La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne

Paris : Chez Durand, 1775.

Details:

·       Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

o   Vol. I – [4], iv, [4], 916

o   Vol. II – [8], 918, [2]

o   38 full-page engravings (some folding) and 32 in-text woodcuts

·       Provenance: Supralibros – DIEU AYDE AU PREMIERE CHRESTIEN

o   Possibly the arms of the Pierre Eugene de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay (1843-1917), combined with those of his wife, Maria Cristina Osorio de Moscoso y de Borbón, Duquesa de Astrico (1850-1904). Motto is that of the Bauffremont family.

·       Language: French

·       Binding: Leather; tight and secure

·       Size: ~10.5in X 8.25in (26cm x 21cm)

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