CHEVALIER, Etienne; SONNINI DE MANONCOURT, Charles-nicolas-s - Lot 209

CHEVALIER, Etienne; SONNINI DE MANONCOURT, Charles-nicolas-sigisbert and VEILLARD. Vocabulaire portatif d'Agriculture, d'économie rurale et domestique. Published in Paris by François Buisson in 1810. In octavo / In-8 format. Havana half-basin with ivory corners. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets. XIV+464 pages. Boards somewhat rubbed, light spotting. Dictionary by the naturalist Charles-Nicolas-Sigisbert Sonnini (1751-1812) covering numerous topics applied to agriculture or rural economy. "If there is an art whose principles must be easy to grasp, and whose operations simple and of little embarrassing execution, it is, without doubt, Agriculture." Good overall condition.