Liger, Louis. La nouvelle maison rustique, ou économie rurale, pratique et générale de tous les biens de Campagne. 3 volumes. With 54 (of 60), of which 29 folded copper tablets. 25.5 x 19 cm. Leather d. C. (puffed, infested, with flaws and capitals partly with cracks) with gold-embossed RSchild, gold-embroidered lid fillets as well as gold-edged standing edges. Paris, Deterville and Desray, 1798. Mennessier de la Lance II, 110. Thiébaud 597. – Extensive work on agriculture and livestock farming. It deals with efficient and meaningful keeping of animals, use of tools, planting and forestry. One of the most successful house books in agriculture, first published in 1700. – Six copper plates are missing. A little sticky and brownish, otherwise well preserved.