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Rare and modern books

DU BOIS, Louis-François (1773-1855)

Des Melons et de leurs variétés considérés dans leur histoire, leur physiologie, leur culture naturelle et artificielle, leurs divers usages, etc., etc.

D. Colas, Lenormant, 1810

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Year of publication
1810
Place of printing
Paris
Author
DU BOIS, Louis-François (1773-1855)
Publishers
D. Colas, Lenormant
Keyword
Ottocento e Novecento
State of preservation
Good
Languages
Italian
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Used

Description

12mo (168x97 mm). VIII, 110 pp. Lacking the final blank. Contemporary quarter green morocco gilt, yellow edges. On the title page stamp of “Ettienne della Valle”, lieutenant colonel in the Monferrato regiment and author of the book Le Delizie di un mezzo secolo di processi e liti, married to Countess Paolina Galli della Loggia. Some light browning and foxing.
Rare first and only edition of this monograph on melons, which follows those on apples and pears by the same author (Paris, 1804). Louis-François Du Bois had an administrative career and wrote on a wide range of subjects, including agronomy and horticulture.
Italian Union Catalogue, IT\ICCU\MILE\058781.
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