[Rarebooks] FS: Sauvage de la Croix on cultivating silk worms, etc. 1st ed. 1763

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(NATURAL HISTORY) Sauvages de la Croix, Pierre Augustin Boissier de. MEMOIRES 
SUR L’EDUCATION DES VERS IN SOIE. Divises en Trois Parties, avec un Traite 
sur la Culture des Muriers, & un sur l’Origine du Miel. Nimes: Chez Gaud, 
Libraire. 1763. First edition. 3 works bound in 2 volumes (the first work in 3 
parts), all with their own title pages. xvi,132,(4);148,(2);(2),192,(2)pp. Plus the 
second work, “De la Culture des Muriers.” 128pp. Plus the third work, “
Observations sur Origine du Miel.” 38pp. Plus a bibliography of books relating to 
silk culture. 8pp. (all as published). Modern marbled boards with brown morocco 
spine labels. First title page of each volume lightly browned at edges & with 
a small library stamp that is over stamped “Withdrawn.”     $475.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
The first work deals with the cultivation of silk worms, the second with 
their food source (mulberry trees), and the third is a lengthy essay on the 
origins of honey.

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