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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the history and cultivation of the mangelwurzel, a type of beet that was widely used as animal feed in the 19th century, in this fascinating account by the Abbé de Commerell. Originally published in French in 1786, this work is a valuable historical resource for anyone interested in the history of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fourth Edition. 12mo, xxxix + pp52 plus hand-coloured engraved frontis of a Beta hybrida. Hardcover no dust jacket. Binding of leather spine, covered in cloth strip, over marbled boards in reasonably good condition with two old sticker marks to front board, "seed trial dept" stamp to front board and rubbing to both boards. Inside coloured frontis in good condition with a few small marks, all other pages in excellent clean and bright condition with tape repair to margins of pages iv and v. The Mangel Wurzel or the Rhineland was also known as Dick Ruben (the Great Turnip), Dick Wurzel (the Great Root) and Mangel Wurzel. A mistranslation had changed the original German "mangold wurzel" or "root of the beet", into "mangel wurzel", meaning "scarcity root". It might, indeed, be called the Root of Abundance", due to its ability to thrive in harsh conditions and produce a large crop. In his monograph, de Commerell remarks, "it deserves to obtain a decided preference over all other roots, and even over turnips". A nice copy of a scarce book.

Demi-cuir. Zustand: Bon. In-8° reliure demi-cuir noir au dos lisse renfermant trois essais sur l'agriculture, à savoir: Mémoire sur l'Amélioration de l'Agriculture par la suppression des jachères,par l'abbé de Commerell, 80 pages, 1802 chez Marchant à Paris - Solution des problèmes sociaux par l'association de l'agriculture et des capitaux, par J.A. Fabre, 1848 de l'imprimerie Pinel à Toulouse, VI+120 pages - Des latifundia futurs ou crise agricole à prévenir, par Frédéric Billot, 1859 chez Guillaumin à Paris, 260 pages. Un mors un peu fragile, sinon en fort bon état.

Fourth edition. 8vo., pp.xxxix, [i], 52 + engraved hand-coloured frontispiece. Sporadic foxing throughout, including title-page. Slightly later half brown calf, marbled boards, rebacked in a lighter shade with large vertical label. Rubbed, edges and corners worn, endpapers foxed, good overall. Ownership inscription, Jenkins, in an old hand to title-page. One of many works by the industrious Quaker philanthropist and physician John Coakley Lettsom (17441815), translated by him from the original French of the Abbé de Commerell. 'Alongside botany, fossils, and natural history, another subject in which Lettsom interested himself was scientific agriculture. He was involved in the introduction of the mangel-wurzel, first brought to notice by Sir Richard Jebb in 1786. Lettsom translated a pamphlet on the subject (An Account of the Mangel-wurzel, or Root of Scarcity, from the French of the Abbé de Commerell, 1787); he grew the seed himself and imported a large quantity, which he distributed to farmers and others in Britain as well as in Europe, America, and the West Indies.' (Payne, rev. Porter, ODNB) ESTC T68301.

First edition of the Dutch translation of Instruction sur la culture, l'usage, et les avantages de la betterave champêtre by Abbé de Commerell (Paris, 1786), after the 4th edition of the English translation by John Coakley Lettsom. Translated into Dutch by Jan Christiaan Sepp. The mangel beet, a cultivar of the common beet Beta vulgaris, is now grown primarily as cattle fodder, but was formerly eaten by people and used to make a fermented drink.With a new 8-page preface by the secretary of the Amsterdam Maatschappij ter Bevordering van den Landbouw, with the live signature of the secretary, H. Calkoen, in brown ink. In very good condition and largely untrimmed, preserving most deckles and point holes.l STCN (2 copies). 19th-century half cloth, Stormont marbled sides. With 1 folding hand-coloured plate and a woodcut tailpiece of a fruit basket. Pages: [4], XII, 80 pp.