Sully

1710 · Best.-Nr. 89846 — Paris: Claude Prudhomme 1710. Fine. Claude Prudhomme Paris 1710 8.5 x 15.7 cm 3 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of this concise treatise on rural economy attributed to the Duke of Sully the famed minister of Henri IV born at Rosny and who bore the name of that estate.His well-known commitment to the development of agriculture has passed into national lore. However it cannot be excluded that another author sharing the same territorial designation may be responsible for the text.Contemporary full mottled fawn sheep spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and gilt tools gilt fillets Havana morocco lettering-piece gilt rolls to the headcaps gilt fillets to board edges red sprinkled edges.Some repairs to the binding. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions “Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse” and “Denesmond prêtre” on the title-page of the first volume.The booklet is followed as very often with this title by two short agronomic treatises which vary from one copy to another.In this copy:1. A new edition of the Instruction pour le jardin potager 1678 attributed to an Aristote “jardinier de Puteaux”—obviously not his real name—who authored several small works on fruit trees and flowers Musset-Pathay 806.2. A summary of the Nouvelle instruction pour connoistre les bons fruits 1670 attributed sometimes to Jean Merlet sometimes to Claude Saint-Etienne. At the end is an interesting Catalogue des poires selon les mois de les manger from July to September. Cf. Musset-Pathay 1390. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions “Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse” and “Denesmond prêtre”. Claude Prudhomme hardcover