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Les remonstrances sur le default du labour et culture des plantes, et de la cognoissance d'icelles, contenant la maniere d'affranchir et appriuoiser les arbres sauuages.

Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1558.

The first work on agriculture written in French. As an apothecary, Belon was especially interested in the pharmaceutical value of plants. Having learned about them on his travels, he introduced numerous foreign plants into France, including the tree of Judeacork oakpistachiocedarjujube, and green oakeastern juniper, and myrtle. Except for a portrait of Belon, this relatively brief work is unillustrated. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#8984
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/11163
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLles-remonstrances-sur-le-dfault-du-labour-et-culture-des-plantes-et-de-la-cognoissance-dicelles

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris