BOITARD, Pierre.   LES INSTRUMENS ARATOIRES,   Collection Complète De Tous Les Instrumens D'Agriculture Et De Jardinage, Français et Étrangers, Anciens Et Nouvellement Inventés Ou Perfectionnés...       Paris: M. Abel Ledoux,   1833.          First edition. An extensive illustrated guide to early 19th century horticultural and agricultural tools and equipment. Nearly 600 different items are carefully depicted and described. These include spades, hoes, picks, ploughs, harrows, rollers, rakes, dibbles, trowels, wheel barrows, baskets, pruning shears, grafting knives, scythes, fruit pickers, ladders, cloches, flower pots, watering cans, etc. Most of the agricultural tools were from designs provided by the workshop of M. Cambray, while the horticultural tools were from designs by MM. Arnheiter et Petit. Readers were also encouraged to purchase them directly from these sources. Scarce; OCLC locates only one copy in North America (UC-Berkeley).   8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); xvi + 187 pp. + 105 lithographed plates.            Contemporary full calf; top of spine chipped and worn; a light damp stain is visible in the top margin of the last 30 leaves. $1,100.00

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