Vallemont, Pierre Le Lorrain DeBiblio.com
VALLEMONT, PIERRE LE LORRAIN DEBiblio.com
Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Kunst. In Zeugung Fortpflanzung und Vermehrung der Gewächse oder der Ackerbau und die Gärtnerey in ihrer Vollkommenheit. 2 parts.
173261427Budissin Bautzen Richter 1732 & 1724. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Head of spine with loss of leather headband partly detached. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. 30 489 17 4 247 23 pp. frontispiece and 8 plates. <br/><br/><em>Later German translation first published in French in 1703 of Vallement’s popular work on agriculture and gardening containing descriptions on the cultivation and propagation methods of wheat flowers and fruit plants on garden care and pruning for ornamental purposes. Vallemont 1649-1721 was a historian numismatist theologian and physician with a passion for gardening as well. Brunet V 1061 - the first French. </em> hardcover
