AGRICULTURE. TESSIER (H.-A.). INSTRUCTIONS ON... Lot 1

[AGRICULTURE]. TESSIER (H.-A.). INSTRUCTIONS ON WOOL BEASTS, and particularly on the merino breed. P., Imprimerie Impériale, 1810. In-8 granite tan basane, gilt roulette frame on the boards, smooth spine partitioned and decorated, red title page, speckled edges (Binding of the period). ORIGINAL EDITION decorated with a folding table and 6 folding plates mounted on tabs - REGIONAL COMPETITIONS OF ANIMALS, of instruments, machines, utensils or devices for the use of the agricultural industry, and of the various products of agriculture or of the different agricultural industries, held in Saint-Lô, Aurillac and Toulouse, and national competition of Versailles. P., Imprimerie Nationale, 1851. Large in-8 dark brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title, mention Bibliothèque de St Germain gilt on tail (Binding of the time). Paper label glued to the tail of the spine, library stamp in the margin of the title page. ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with 27 lithographed off-text plates on strong vellum from daguerreotypes, representing horses, cows, sheep, pigs. SET OF 2 WORKS.