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Lot 52
NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Potatoes.- Grenet (Pierre-Adrien-Just) Mémoire sur les Moyens de conserver la Pomme-de-terre sous la forme de Riz ou Vermicel, half-title, drop-head title, folding engraved plate of machinery and tools, [Paris], [De l'Imprimerie de la feuille du Cultivateur], [c.1794] bound with Grenet (Pierre-Adrien-Just) Suite du Mémoire sur le Riz de Pommes de Terres, [Paris], [c.1794] bound with Tessier (l'Abbé) Moyens Éprouvés pour Préserver les Fromens de la Carie, Publiés conformément aux Expériences nouvellement faites à Rambouillet, title with woodcut printer's device, Macon, J.P. Goery, 1786 bound with Dedelay (Pierre) Instruction sur les Bases d'une Législation sur les Grains, title with woodcut ornament, Marseille, Auguste Mossy, 1793, bound with 6 other agricultural or veterinarian 18th century works, including one in manuscript, together 10 works in 1 vol., modern marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, 8vo ⁂ The first two mentioned concern Grenet's experiment to store potatoes in a desiccated form, thereby conserving nutrients and providing an form of 'instant' potato product that could be used in a variety of dishes. The plate illustrates his desiccation machine.
Lot 801
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Liege, Octagonal, rifled, 12 mm cal. barrels, signed 'N VIVARIO PLOMDEUR ARQ.R DU ROI A LIEGE', base engraved with flowers, Liege test-bed stamp on one side, with fore-sight; tangs engraved with flowers; forward spring locks engraved en suite, briar-root stocks embossed with rinceaux and grooved at the butt; iron trigger-guards with finger support, butt-plates cusped and engraved; set trigger. In their wooden case, lined with rose velvet, provided with all the tools. length 41 cm.
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