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Mrs. Gacon-Dufour. Practical Collection of Rural and Domestic Economy (Rare) The description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Practical collection of rural and domestic economics Ms. Gacon-Dufour containing all the simplest and most effective recipes on the rural and domestic economy for use in town and country; firewood, dried pasta, choosing your sheep, honey flies, preserving vegetables, planting hedges... In her preface, the author declares: "I do not think that any of the processes that I indicate in this Work are found in any Author. It was not in books that I learned them; and I haven't read them anywhere. I get them from the experience and the transmission that was given to me. [...] those which concern the manufacture of Liqueurs, the making of dry Pastes, Fruit Pastes, Jams, the preservation of Vegetables, or Fruits in nature and dried, were communicated to me by the Ladies of Convent of Monfort-l'Amaury, where I was raised [...]. As for the processes which relate to the education of cattle and poultry, to the cultivation of wheat and other plants, to the formation and maintenance of meadows, etc., I wrote them under the dictation of the experience that I accumulated in Normandy, where I lived for a long time, and used land. [...] As for the rules that I prescribe for the food of Bees, for hatching Chickens in winter, keeping Eggs fresh, replacing Tea, Coffee, Wine, and several other foodstuffs, I owe them to "happy coincidences which led me to make several experiments, or to my own ideas, also confirmed by multiplied experiences" with an intaglio folding board volume in-8, 17x11, half smooth calfskin, very good interior condition, 280pp + supplements 128pp Paris, Chez Buisson, year XIV ref/189 In her preface, the author declares: "I do not think that any of the processes that I indicate in this Work are found in any Author. It was not in books that I learned them; and I haven't read them anywhere. I get them from the experience and the transmission that was given to me. [...] those which concern the manufacture of Liqueurs, the making of dry Pastes, Fruit Pastes, Jams, the preservation of Vegetables, or Fruits in nature and dried, were communicated to me by the Ladies of Convent of Monfort-l'Amaury, where I was raised [...]. As for the processes which relate to the education of cattle and poultry, to the cultivation of wheat and other plants, to the formation and maintenance of meadows, etc., I wrote them under the dictation of the experience that I accumulated in Normandy, wher Caractéristiques spéciales Édition originale Date de publication 1806 Reliure Cuir Langue Français Époque XVIIIème Nom Droit Sujet Ouvrages de référence