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LETTRE SUR LE ROBINIER, connu sous le nom impropre de faux acacia; avec plusieurs pieces relatives a la culture et aux usages de cet arbre... [with] LETTRE AU C. FRANCOIS (de Neufchateau)...par F. C. Medicus. Two books in one volume.
by Francois de Neufchateau, Nicolas Louis, comte (1750-1828); Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736-1808)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
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Paris: Meurant, 1803. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [iv], 314 pages, [i] page of erratum. Original quarter leather binding with small tear to top of spine near hinge, and minor shelfwear. Tan leather spine; blue gilt-lettered spine label; blue paper-covered boards. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. Complete with half title page, engraving and errata leaf. Bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper. Small ink stain below engraving, owner's name neatly on half-title page, small loss to margin of errata leaf, and a few spots of staining in text. Bound with another work by Medicus; full title "Lettre au C. Francois (du Neufchateau), Membre du Senat Conservateur, de l'Institut national de de la Societe d'Agriculture du Departement de la Seine, etc. Sur le Robinier; par F. C. Medicus: Traduit de l'allemand. Pour faire suite a l'ouvrage intitule: Lettre sur le Robinier, etc. par le Cit. Francois (de Neufchateau)." Published by A.-J. Marchant, Paris, 1804: 1st edition. 36 pages of text including 5 pages of publisher's advertisement. Meaures 17 cm (height) or almost 6.75 inches. Text is in French..
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- Title
- LETTRE SUR LE ROBINIER, connu sous le nom impropre de faux acacia; avec plusieurs pieces relatives a la culture et aux usages de cet arbre... [with] LETTRE AU C. FRANCOIS (de Neufchateau)...par F. C. Medicus. Two books in one volume.
- Author
- Francois de Neufchateau, Nicolas Louis, comte (1750-1828); Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736-1808)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Meurant
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1803
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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