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HALE (Thomas). Le Gentilhomme cultivateur ou Corps...

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HALE (Thomas). Le Gentilhomme cultivateur ou Corps complet d'agriculture. Paris, Simon ; Bordeaux, Chapuis, 1761-1763. 10 volumes in 5 vol. in-12, half beige basane with corners, spine ribbed, blond title page (period binding). Head of the collection of the first 10 volumes out of 16 of this first French translation, by Jean-Baptiste Dupuy-Demportes, published in the original edition the same year in 4 volumes in-4. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 folding plates, and a folding table. Binding slightly rubbed, tears on the upper cover of volume I.