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LELIÈVRE, J.F. (fl. 19th century). Nouveau jardinier de la Louisiane. New Orleans: J.F. Lelièvre, 1838.

First edition of the first book on Louisiana agriculture. Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1007; American Imprints 51239; not in Sabin.

Small octavo (155 × 106mm). Half-title, plough cut on title-page, garden cut on final text-leaf (light spotting, dampstain in upper quarter of first half). Contemporary quarter muslin and marbled paper boards, edges yellow (front free endpaper missing, hinges split, rubbed).
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