PRATIQUE DE L'ART DE FAIRE ÉCLORRE ET D'ÉLEVER EN TOUTE SAISON DES OISEAUX DOMESTIQUES DE TOUTES ESPECES, Soit par le moyen de la chaleur du fumier, soit par le moyen de celle du feu ordinaire.
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751. Vellum. The third edition (first published in 1749) of one of the major works of the great French scientist and naturalist, René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757), on the art of hatching and rearing domestic birds. Réaumur discusses the proper temperature for incubating eggs, various types of heating apparatus, and the hatching, care, and feeding of chicks. 12mo: xii, 144 pp. with the 4 folding plates and a textual engraving. Period vellum binding, with holographic titling on the spine. Faint marginal staining to the preliminary leaves and the folding plates at the rear. The vellum is bowing a bit, with some general soiling and staining. Good. Item #80980
Price: $300.00