18th-century beekeeping & landscape design manuals

Description

Two bound volumes from 1793 and 1806. First: 'De la composition des paysages, ou des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations champêtres' by an unknown author, published in Paris by Desenne in 1793. Octavo format, half-leather binding with marbled edges, 14 + 160 pages. Second: 'Manuel nécessaire au villageois, pour soigner les abeilles et en tirer du profit sans leur nuire' by C. P. Lombard, published in Paris in 1806. Octavo format, half-leather binding with marbled edges, 10 + 159 pages, including 2 plates. Extremely rare.