Culture de la Grosse Asperge, bound with - Culture de l'asperge de Gravelines, et des Petits-Pois
Amsterdam; Et se trouve A Paris: Chez Méquignon l'aîné, Libraire, rue des Cordeliers, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 46 pages. 16 x 10 cm. Fillassier focuses on the cultivation of large Dutch asparagus, which is described as the earliest, most precocious, most productive, and most durable variety known. The author presents methods for cultivation in open air without artificial means, allowing for an eight-month harvest period. Fillassier's book on the cultivation of asparagus was one of the many books featured in Thomas Jefferson's Catalogue of Books.
"Dite de Holland, la plus précoce, la plus hâtive, la plus fécond & la plus durable que l'on connoisse. Traité qui présente les moyens de la cultiver avec succès, en toutes sortes de terres." (Dutch asparagus, the earliest, the most fertile and the most durable that we know). Text in French. Interior crisp and clean, all edges red. Boards rubbed at edges. Calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt. Very good. Item #2900
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