Georgica Curiosa Aucta Oder: Des auf alle in Teutschland übliche Land- und Haus-Wirthschafften gerichteten, hin und wieder mit vielen untermengten raren Erfindungen und Experimenten versehenen

1701 FAMOUS Georgica Curiosa by Hohberg Agriculture Gardening Husbandry FARMS

Wolf Helmhardt von Hohberg was a 17th-century Austrian author best-known for his book 'Georgica Curiosa'. This book proved to be one of the most prolific agricultural encyclopedias of the 17th-century. When Hohberg began work on 'Georgica Curiosa', there seemed to be a need for a more thorough 'household' reference for families. It covered a wide variety of topics including:

· home gardening

o managing mills

o registering farmland

o growing fruits and making wine

· social and cultural expectations

o quarrels and public fights

o engaging with gypsies

· household behavior

o prayer, conduct in God's eyes

o raising children

o how to treat servants, drunkards, unhealthy persons, suspicious people

(by not bringing them into your home, says Hohberg)

· distilling methods

· smelting metals

· hunting and forestry; husbandry, fishing

o dealing with bees and silkworms

o gathering eggs, raising chickens and poultry

· farming

o horse and cattle breeding

This impressive 1701 folio edition is bound in original vellum binding, printed with numerous woodcut illustrations throughout.

Item number: #22859

Price: $950

HOHBERG, Wolf Helmhardt von

Georgica Curiosa Aucta Oder: Des auf alle in Teutschland übliche Land- und Haus-Wirthschafften gerichteten, hin und wieder mit vielen untermengten raren Erfindungen und Experimenten versehenen

Nürnberg: Martin Endters, 1701.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [14], 870, [36]

Pagination errors expected

o 107 woodcut engravings and 10 full-page plates

· Language: German

· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure

· Size: ~13.25in X 8.75in (34cm x 22cm)

· very rare and desirable

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