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CHOMEL (Noel). OECONOMIC DICTIONARY containing...

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CHOMEL (Noel). OECONOMIC DICTIONARY containing various means of increasing and preserving one's wealth and even one's health. With the supplement containing several new discoveries and enriched with intaglio figures. Lyon, Guerrier 1712 (volume 1) and Lyon, Thened 1709 (volume 2). 2 volumes of [8]-136-172-94-52-128-[8] pages (table placed between p.56 to 57) ; [12]-136-156-52-116-136 pages, bound in one volume in folio, light-colored basane, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). The most important dictionary of rural economy and agriculture published in France in the 18th century illustrated in this first edition with 63 large woodcuts, a table, 13 copper engravings and 6 woodcuts in the text. A supplement is bound at the end of each volume. Bindings damaged, small worm work on the spines. (See Thiébaud, 202).