[FOOD] TESSIER, Alexandre Henri (1741-1837), SILVESTRE, LABBE, VILMORIN (and other commission members). Instruction concernant la Propogation, la Culture en grand, et la Conservations des Pommes de Terre, Paris: Madame Huzard, 1829, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title with library number in ink and tear at upper margin, some spotting), contemporary marbled boards (library label removed from spine). With a presentation copy of H. Laure's De la Patate, de sa Culture, de son Usage et de la Conservations des ses Tubercules (Toulon, 1821), two other French pamphlets and one revolutionary decree on the potato, and the Abbé de Commerell's Mémoire et Instruction sur la Culture, l'Usage et les Avantages de la Racine de Disette (Metz, 1786). (6)