RURAL ECONOMY. LABAT, François de, Chevalier de... Lot 6

[RURAL ECONOMY]. LABAT, François de, Chevalier de Vivens (1687-1780) Important research paper on the medicinal properties of goosefoot. Approx. 50pp in-8 (slnd. [Clairac]). Numerous erasures, annotations and autograph corrections. Set of memoirs and miscellaneous studies, approx. 80pp in various formats (snld[Clairac]). Sur la culture des terres, sur la farine de ris, sur la police des graines, sur l'agriculture, sur la végétation, sur l'économie animale, sur les engrais, les récoltes sur le produit d'une année commune, (...). Important memoir on natural history. Approx. 40pp in-8 (slnd [Clairac]). Numerous erasures, annotations and autograph corrections. Observations on agriculture. ca. 10pp in-8 (slnd [Clairac]). Numerous erasures and autograph corrections, including a few pages signed by the famous French naturalist Michel Adanson. Important memoir on agriculture. 10pp in-8 (slnd [Clairac]). Numerous annotations and reflections on the use of fertilizers, on the progress of sage cultivation in the north, on the manner of sawing and cutting wheat in Turkey.