RENDU, Victor. - Manuel d'agriculture, à l'usage des cultivateurs et des écoles primaires du nord de la France - Paris, Angé ; Versailles, Librairie de l'évêché, 1838 - In-8 of (3) ff. 1 front map, 215-(1) pp; long-grained green morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets and boxes, triple framed in gilt, initials "A.M." gilt in the centre of the front cover, gilt roulette on the edges, double gilt fillet inside, gilt edges (contemporary binding). First edition dedicated to the minister Nicolas Martin du Nord (1790-1847), it is decorated with an agricultural map of the North of France. A very fine copy in morocco; armorial bookplate of the Mégret de Devise library (Picardie); armorial dry stamp of the Des Pins family (on verso of title).