Vegetables.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Recherches sur les végétaux nourrissans, qui, dans les temps de disette, peuvent remplacer les alimens ordinaires. Avec de nouvelles observations sur la culture des pommes de terre, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, folding engraved plate by Gaitte at end of a grater to remove starch from potatoes, this with short tape repair verso (showing through) and water-staining in upper margin, some water-staining at head, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, head of spine little worn, head of upper edge and corners worn, water-stained, rubbed, [Cagle 376; Livres en bouche 164; Oberlé Fastes 693; Vicaire 657; Blake p.339; Wellcome IV, p.308], 8vo, Paris, Royal Printers, 1781.

⁂ Parmentier proposes the potato and other alternatives to traditional vegetables for eating in times of famine.