Book I. 



FRENCH WORKS ON AGRICULTURE. 



1171 



A Treatke on Practical Store Farming, as applicable to the 

 Mountainous Kcf^on of Kttrick Forist, and the I'astoral 

 l)istrict of Scotland in general. With EiifO'avinKa. 8vo. 

 1822. Donald, R. 



A New System of National and Practical Agriculture ; with 

 Hints for improvinR E:>tates. I^nd. 8vo. 



1822. C/eghorn, James, Esq. formerly a practical 

 farmer, now editor of T/ie Farmer's Magazine, author 

 of the article " Agriculture" in the supplement to 

 the Encyc. Brit., and of various articles in that 

 work. One of the best modern writers on agricul- 

 ture. 



On the depressed State of Agriculture. Edin. 8vo. 



1823. Fiiirbum, John. 



A Treatise upon Breeding, Rearing, and Feeding Cheviot, 

 and Black Fatted Sheep in high Districts ; with Observations 

 on laving out and conducting a Store Farm, &c. Kdin. 8vo. 

 1823. Law, David, Esq. 



Observations on the present State of Landed Proi>erty, and 

 on the Prospects of Uie Landholder, and the Fanner. Edin. 

 vo. 



1824. Morioe, Francit. 



An Essay on Agriculture, and the Management of Landed 

 Estates. Lond. 8vo. 



1824. Sinclair, George, F.L.S,, F.H.S. formerly gar- 

 dener to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn, now of 

 the firm of Cormack, Son, and Sinclair, nursery- 

 men. New Cross, Deptford. 



Hortus Graniineus Wonurnensis ; or, an Account of the 

 Results of various Experiments on the Produce and Fattening 

 Properties of ditterent Grasses, and other Plants used as the 

 Food of the more valuablo domestic Animals; instituted bj 

 .Tolin Duke of Bedford. To which is added, an A p|)endiz, 

 pointing out the different Grasses best adapted for the Manu- 

 facture of Leghorn Bonnets, &c. Loud. Royal 8vo. 



1824. Western, C. C Esq. M.P. 



Practical Remarks on the Management and Improvement 

 of Grass Land, as far as relates to Irrigation, VV^intcr-tlooding, 

 and Drainage ; in a Letter to the Land Owners, &c. of the 

 County of Essex. Ix)nd. 8vo. 



1824. Slaney, Robert N. Esq., barrister. 



Essay on the beneiicial Direction of Rural Expenditure. 

 Lond. 12mo. 



Sect. II. Bibliography of Agriculture in Foreign Countries. 



7111. NiLrnerous works on agriculture are ^.published in the French and German 

 languages, and a considerable number in the Italian j but a much greater proportion of 

 these are translations from British authors than original works. Very few agricultural 

 books have been printed in the Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Spanish, or 

 Portuguese languages, and scarcely any in those of Russia or Hungary. We shall 

 notice the principal French, German, and Italian works, exclusive of translations, and 

 add a few American books. 



SuBSECT. I. Bibliograjyhy of French Agriczdture. 



7112. Of French books on agriculture we hscve gi\ens.%Q\eci\on ov\\y: those who wish 

 to see a complete list are referred to the JBibliographie Agronomique, Paris, 8vo. ; in 

 which are given the titles of upwards of 2000 works, including translations and books 

 on gardening. A general idea of French culture in all its branches may be obtained 

 from the Nouvenu Cours Complet d^ Agriculture, 16 vols. 8vo., (edition of 1821.) com- 

 piled by the members of the Section of Agriculture of the French Institute, each of 

 whose names are given to the articles he contributed. 



a learned naturalist, bom at Rocbelle in 1683, died 

 in 1757. 



Art et Pratique de I'Art de faire Adorer, en toutes Saisons, 

 des Oiseaux Domestiques de toutes esp6ces. Paris, Imprim. 

 Royale, 3 vols, in 12mo. avec fig. 



1750. Hatrtel, Du Monceau, Henry Lewis du, a 

 famous French writer on Rural Economy and Vege- 

 table Physiology, was born at Paris, 1700 : died there 

 1782. 



1. Traits de la Culture des Terres. Par. 6 vols. 12mo. 



2. Elemens d'Agriculture. Par. 1764. 2 vols. l2mo. 



3. Traitfe de la Conservation des Grains, et en Particulier da 

 Froment. Par. 1754. 12mo. 



4. Traite des Arbres et Arbustes, qui se culUvent en France, 

 en pUnne terre. Par. 1755, 2 vols. 4to. 



5. Traits complet des Bois et des Forfts Par. 1758, 6 tom.4to. 



6. Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de leur Culture 

 Par. 17G0. 4to. 



7. Histoire d'un Insecte qui devote les Grains de I'Augou- 

 mois. Par. J762. 12mo. 



8. De I'Exploitation des Bois, ou Moyen de tirer parti dev 

 Taillis demi Futayes et hautes Futa\es. Par. 1704. 2 vols. 4to. 



9. Memcire sur la Garence et sa Culture, in 4to. 1765. 



10. Du Transport, de la Conservation, et de la Force du Bcis 

 1767. 4to. 



1751. Desbois, Francis Alexander Atibert de la 

 Chesnaie, a laborious Dictionary-maker ; was born at 

 Ern6e in the Maine, 1699 ; died 1784. 



Diclionnaire d'Agriculture. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1755. Blavet, librarian to the Prince of Conti. 



Essai sur I'Agriculture Modeme. Paris, in 12mo. 



1755. Tillet, du, of Bourdeaux, a zealous agri- 

 culturist, author of several works. He died in 

 1791. 



Dissertation sur la Cause qui corrompt etnoircitles Grains de 

 Ble dans les ^pis, in 4 to. 



175t>. Hastfer, F. W. 



Instruction sur la Maniere d'fl^ver et de Perfectionntr les 

 Betes k Laine. Paris, 2 vols, in 12mo. 



1760. Alletx, Pons Augustin, an advocate, and in- 

 defatigable compiler. 



L'Agronome, ou Dictionnaire portatif du Cultivateur. 2vol. 

 in Svo. 



1760. Buch'oz, Pierre Joseph, a physician, and 

 member of several societies ; born at Metz in 1731, 

 died in great distress at Paris in ISO". He wrote 

 above three hundred volumes relative to medicine, 

 agriculture, the veterinary art, and natural history. 

 A pl-nnt (Buchoziana) was named after him by 

 L'Heretier. 



1. Lettre sur la M^thmle de s'enrirhir promptement et d 

 conserver sa Sant<? par la Culture des V^g?taux. in Svo. 



2. lAJttre sur le Bio de Smyrne, in Svo. 1768. 



3. Histoire des Itisoctes nuisibles a rHomnie, aux Boitiaux. 

 &c. in l2n?o. 1781. . 



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1529. Etienne, Charles, et J. Liebault, physicians. 

 Etienne,i.<?. Stephanus or Stephens, in thebeginning 

 of the sixteenth century published various small 

 tracts on Gardening and other rural topics ; and in 

 1529 he collected them together and published them 

 under the title of Pncdium Rusticum, treating of 

 gardens, trees, vines, fields, meadows, lakes, forests, 

 orchards, &c. Having married his daugiiter to 

 Liebault, also a physician, they afterwards studied 

 agriculture conjointly, and published the Maison 

 Rustique, the modern editions of which are still the 

 most popular agricultural works in France. 



1. Praedium Rusticum ; in fol. > 



2. L' Agriculture et Maison Rustique. Paris, in 4to. 1570. 

 1569. Hesson Jacques, of Dauphiny. 



De I'Art et Science de trouver surement les Eaux, Sources et 

 Fontaines cachdes sous Terre, autrement que par les Moyens 

 Vulgaires des Agriculteurs et Architectes, in Ito. 



1583. Hegemon, Philibert, a lawyer born at Cha- 

 lons-sur-soane. Died in 1595. 



La Colombiere et Maison Rustique, contenant une Descrip- 

 tion des Dou/.e Mois et des Ouatre Saisons de l'Ann<5e, avec En- 

 seignemeiit de ce que le Laboureur doit faire par chaque 

 Mois. Paris, in Svo. 



ItiOS. Letcllier. 



Brief Discours contenant la Maniere de nourrir les Vers k 

 Sole, &c. Avec de Belles Figures. Paris, in 4to. 



1604. Laffenas, Barthelemy de, valet de chambre 

 to Louis XITI. 



La Fa(,on de faire et semer la (Jraine de JlCiriers, les dWver et 

 replanter, gouverner les Vers k Sole au Climat de France. Paris, 

 in 12mo. 



1607. Vinet, Elic, a learned professor at Bour- 

 deaux, author of a work on land surveying. 



Xa Maison c;hami)estre et Agriculture. Paris, in 4to. 



16ti3. Putin, Charles, son of a physician of that 

 name. 



Traits des Tourbes Combustibles. Paris, in 4to. 



1703. Liger, Louis, born la^S, died in 1717. In the 

 latter part of his life he seems to have been a book- 

 seller, or an author by profession. 



1. Dictionnaire G6ndral des Termes propres k I'Agriculture, 

 avec leurs Definitions et Etymologies. Paris, in 12ino. 



2. La Nouvelle Maison rustique, ou Economie G(5nt5rale des 

 Biens de la Campagne. Paris, 2 vols, in 4lo. 1755 



3. L'Economie Gendrale de la Cainpagne, 

 son rustique. 1762. 



4. Nouveau Systeme d'Agriculture. 3 vols, in Svo. 1775. 

 1749. Boucher, d'Argis, Antonine^ Gaspard, advo- 

 cate and author of some works on jurisprudence. 



C'mle Rural, ou Maximes et R^glemens concernant les Biens 

 de la Campasnc, 2 vols- 



. 1749. Reaumur, Rene, Antoinc Ferckault, sietir de, 



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