359. Rosset (Pierre Fulcrand de) L’Agriculture: Poème, 2 parts in 1, first edition, extra-illustrated with 15 proof engravings of plates and vignettes , half-title, engraved frontispiece by Le Gouaz after St. Quentin, title vignettes by Marillier, portrait, 7 plates by De Ghendt, Leveau, Lingé and Ponce after Loutherbourg and 5 head-pieces by Hemery, Leveau, Lingé and Ponce after St. Quentin, first title lighty stained, 1 plate with a few large spots, occasional spotting to text ff., contemporary red straight-grain morocco backed red glazed boards, gilt , upper corner bumped, slightly rubbed, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, [Brunet IV, 1404; Cohen-de Ricci 899; Ray, French, 65], 4to, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1774-1782.
est. £5000 – £7000
A unique copy of this classic pastoral work. The fine engravings are after the important 18th century painter Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg and include scenes of haymaking, grape harvesting, ploughing and woodcutting.
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