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Noël CHOMEL - Oeconomical dictionary containing various means to increase one's wealth and to preserve one's health [...]. Third edition, revised... by P. d'Anjou. Enriched with a large number of figures. [And:] Supplement to the economic dictionary... Fourth revised edition... by Pierre Roger. Enriched with figures newly drawn & engraved by a disciple of the late B. Picard... Lyon, Paris, Étienne Ganeau, 1732 ; Commercy, Henry Thomas, 1741 (supplement). 4 volumes bound in 3 volumes in-folio, contemporary calf (worn bindings, leather dried out, binding of "Supplement" slightly different). [12] pp, 1656 col, c col, [1], [1bl] pp; [4] pp, 1570 col, lxxxvi col. The "Supplement": [4], 522 (3 page breaks); [2], 460 pp. A fascinating dictionary intended for landowners as well as merchants, horticulturists, traders... illustrated with numerous woodcuts representing different animals, fishing nets, nets for catching birds, flowerbeds... The "Supplement" has 1 plate out of text showing 1 duckling (badly bound) and a full page plate showing birds of prey. Scattered foxing or browning, qqs. traces of handling.