Der verständige Bauer Simon Strüf. Eine Familien-Geschichte.
Straubing, F. S. Lerno, 1817.
8vo. 2 vols. L, 502, (2) pp. LXVI, 614 pp. With 2 engr. frontispieces, 2 engr. text vignettes, 1 engr. plate (F. Karl del. et sc. Passavii), and several woodcuts in the text. Contemp. boards.
€ 450.00
First edition.
About pomiculture, grafting, inoculation, beekeeping, etc. The illustrations depict gardening tools. The Bavarian civil servant J. E. Fürst (1784-1846) decided to become a farmer at age 42; he wrote the present book to raise the capital for buying a farm.
Bindings strongly rubbed; wants spines. Some strong staining; contemp. ms. ownership note "W. Richstein" on flyleaf.