Budissin (Bautzen), Richter, 1732 & 1724. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Head of spine with loss of leather, headband partly detached. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (30), 489, (17), (4), 247, (23) pp. + frontispiece and 8 plates.
Reference : 61427
Later German translation, first published in French in 1703, of Vallement’s popular work on agriculture and gardening containing descriptions on the cultivation and propagation methods of wheat, flowers, and fruit plants, on garden care and pruning for ornamental purposes. Vallemont (1649-1721) was a historian, numismatist, theologian, and physician with a passion for gardening as well. (Brunet V, 1061 - the first French).
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