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Living Fences
87 OEST, Nicolaus. Oeconomisch-practische Anweisung zur
Einfriedung der Ländereien nebst einem Anhang von der Art und
Weise, wie die Feldsteine können gesprenget und gespalten werden,
auch nöthigen Kupfern mitgetheilet. Flensburg, Johann Christoph
Korte. 1767. £550
8vo, engraved frontispiece, pp. [xii], 224, with three engravings printed
on one sheet, folding out on P5; some insigniWcant browning, due to
paper quality; contemporary half mottled sheep over mottled paper;
extremities a little rubbed; a good copy.
First edition of this practical treatise on the construction, planting and
maintenance of fences, hedges and other forms of enclosures. In the eighteenth
century livestock was grazed on common land, and cultivated Welds
were surrounded by hedges or fences to protect them. Oest suggests the
practice common in Northern Germany of planting live hedges, so called
Wallhecken, which were regularly cut down so that so that they formed an
impenetrable border between the common land, where cattle grazed, and
cultivated Welds. Another form he describes in detail is a low Xat earth wall,
planted with hawthorn and similar bushes. He stresses the importance of
leaving public access when constructing enclosures, and not infringing on
neighbours’ rights. He gives extensive practical detail on the construction
and location of the various forms of enclosure.
On the fold-out engraved plates various forms of hedge and border construction
are illustrated, together with one plate showing the tools used for
its construction.
Uncommon, no copy in OCLC.
Weights and Measures
88 PAETUS, L. De mensuris, et ponderibus Romanis, et Graecis,
cum his quae hodie Romae sunt collatis libri quinque. Eiusdem
variarum lectionum liber unus. Venice, (Aldine Press), 1573. £1250
4to, pp. [xvi], 4, ll. 4, pp. 13–88, [89–96], 97–127, [128 blank];
contemporary vellum, spine repaired, remains of lettering to spine,
small repair to outer margin; some scribbling onto title-page, contentsleaf
with small hole in upper blank margin, Wrst few leaves with light
unobtrusive staining, a stain in the outer blank margin of a number of
leaves.
Second edition, Wrst published in folio the same year, of this rare work on
the Greek and Roman standards of measurement (dry as well as liquid),
relevant to ancient mathematics, economy and trade, as well as architecture
and numismatics. The work’s purpose is to clarify the technically confusing
systems of measurement appellation, and, as often with such antiquarian
endeavours, to reform contemporary practice after the ancient model. The
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