BERTRAND (Jean). On Water in Relation to Rural Economy, or A - Lot 6

BERTRAND (Jean). On Water in Relation to Rural Economy, or A Treatise on the Irrigation of Meadows… Avignon, Lyon, G. Regnault, 1764. XVI + 176 pp., 7 plates. Bound together: [Edmé BÉGUILLET]. A Physical Inquiry into the Principles of Vegetation and Agriculture and the Three Causes of Cultivation in Burgundy… Dijon, Printed by L. N. Frantin, 1768. 2 ff., 136 pp. And: A Sure and Easy Method for Destroying Moles in Meadows and Gardens. Paris, Gueffier, 1770. 12 pp., 1 folded plate. 3 works in one in-8 volume, 12.5 x 19 cm, contemporary binding in marbled porphyry brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs. First editions, rare. Bertrand’s work, illustrated with 7 engraved plates, is devoted to meadow irrigation techniques and their importance to the rural economy. The second is a treatise on Burgundian agronomy by Edmé Béguillet (1729–1786), an agronomist, lawyer, and notary from Dijon. The third is a pamphlet on mole control and the construction of a trap, illustrated with an engraved plate. A fine copy. Split edges, rubbed spine. Appraiser: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE