PARMENTIER (Antoine-Augustin). Mémoire sur les avantages que la province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses grains, considérés sous leurs différens rapports avec l'agriculture, le commerce, la meunerie et la boulangerie. Paris, Imprimerie des États de Languedoc, 1786. In-4, fawn half-basane (Early 19th century binding). First edition of this very important work, illustrated with ten magnificent folded plates. It consists of three parts: the first deals with wheat, the various varieties, diseases and the preservation of grain; the second concerns milling, the different grinds and the construction of mills (with ); the last is devoted to baking. Wetness at the beginning and at the end of the volume, tears and repairs to some plates (small lacks on pl. 1), spine faded and rubbed. Balland, 38 - Poggendorff, II, 362 - Muratori-Philip, 45.