Des Semis et Plantations Des Arbres, et de Leur Culture, ou Mthodes pour Multiplier et lever les Arbres, les Planter en Massifs & en Avenues; Former les F"rets & les Bois; les Entretenir, & Rtablir Ceux qui sont Dgrads: Faisant Partie du Trait Complet des Bois & des F"rets.
Paris. chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour. 1760. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 26cm, first edition, lxxx,383,27,10p., with 17 folding plates, in contemporary full mottled calf boards, expertly rebacked (early) in tan calf, real decorated raised bands, gilt borders and decorations in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label gilt, marbled endpapers, clean, a fine attractive copy (cgc/snds) - Nissen 545. DSB. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis, (1700-1782). His major interest, and contribution to technology and society, was in agriculture. The first half of the eighteenth century had witnessed the beginning of a technological renaissance in agriculture, chiefly in England, where it was notably celebrated in the writings of Jethro Tull, whose major work, Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, was published in 1733. Although the ideas of Tull and Duhamel enjoyed substantial popularity among a progressive group of French landowners, the opposition - either in the form of active criticism or in the passive inertia of an almost medieval agrarian society - was too strong for France to enjoy the rapid agricultural changes which occurred in England and, shortly after, in Scotland. However, enough progress was made for Duhamel to receive recognition for his pioneering work during his lifetime. (DSB). Item #26828
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