Art de faire éclorre et d’élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques

by René-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

$1,350 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1751. Two volumes. 12mo. xviii, 364; iv , 427 pp. Engraved headpieces and 16 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, spines and labels gilt, red edges, green silk markers crowns chipped . A pretty, fresh set. Item #19186 Second edition of one of the earliest books on hatching and raising chicks. The first volume describes using ovens as hatcheries and how to properly build them;

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