COMBLES, DE Peach tree cultivation treaty. Paris... Lot 1044

[COMBLES, DE] Peach tree cultivation treaty. Paris P. Al. Le Prieur 1759 8vo: xvi-198-[2] pp. Contemp. mottled sheep (corners rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (sm. def. at head), marbled endpapers, all edges red. Third edition (first 1745), revised, corrected and augmented of this popular work on the cultivation and management of peach trees. "This is the first French monograph on the peach tree with all the information necessary for its cultivation" (Oberlé). Ref. Barbier IV-755 (1750 ed.). - Oberlé, Fastes, 621 (ed. 1750). - Cp. Quérard II:261. - COPAC. - Cp. BnF. Prov. "A. Pepin" (ms. ownership entries).