PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin). Expériences et réflexions relatives à l'analyse du bled et des farines. Paris, Nyon and Barrois, 1781. In-8, contemporary fawn calf, smooth spine decorated, red edges (Contemporary binding). Reissue of the 1776 edition with a new title page. Followed by : PARMENTIER. Traité de la chataigne. A Bastia et se trouve à Paris chez Monory, 1780. xxvi-(2)-160 pp. First edition of one of Parmentier's rarest treatises. It follows on from the famous Parfait boulanger published in 1778, and forms part of the series of treatises or memoirs that Parmentier published on economical, cheap and above all nutritious foods for the people, such as potatoes, maize, milk, grains, etc. In this study, he is the first to publish a treatise on the subject. In this study, he was the first to note the presence of sugar in chestnuts. Followed by : PARMENTIER & CADET-DE-VAUX. Mémoire sur les accidens que les Blès de la récolte de cette année ont éprouvé en Poitou... Paris, Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1785. 1 f. title and 42 pp. Important collection of works by Parmentier. Corners dulled, marginal wetness on pp. 159-162, small angular wetness on last leaves.