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GACON-DUFOUR, Marie Armande Jeanne (1753-1835).

Lot 107
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 107 | GACON-DUFOUR, Marie Armande Jeanne (1753-1835).
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€ 500 – 700
GACON-DUFOUR, Marie Armande Jeanne (1753-1835).

Manuel de la ménagère, à la ville et à la campagne, et de la femme de basse-cour… Paris : Buisson, an XIII (1805).

Édition originale : exemplaire conservé tel que paru, broché.



Membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes d’agriculture, Marie Armande Gacon-Dufour fournit notamment à la Bibliothèque physico-économique plusieurs mémoires sur l’économie rurale et domestique. Elle est également l’autrice de nombreux ouvrages (romans ou manuels) dans lesquels elle se prononce en faveur de l’éducation des femmes. Ce Manuel de la ménagère, composé de 36 lettres fictivement adressées à « une Dame qui avait une Propriété à la Campagne, qui s’y était retirée, et qui voulait la faire valoir », couvre divers sujets, notamment « la conservation du Lait, la meilleure manière de faire le Beurre, les Fromages, […] la cuisine de la Ferme pour tous les mois de l’année, la Cave, la Conservation des Vins, le Fruitier… » (Préface). Vicaire, 379.



2 volumes in-12 (180 x 108 mm). Illustré d'un portrait-frontispice et d'une planche dépliante gravés en taille-douce (t. I : ff. M5 et M8 tachés ; t. II : mouillure angulaire en pied des cahiers P à Y et atteignant la planche). Broché, pièces de titre de papier (lacunaires), chemise de demi-maroquin bleu nuit et étui (brochure du premier volume partiellement fendue).



First edition. In original wrappers, as issued.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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