Joseph Michael von Ehrenfels (1767-1843)

Jan Jiří Gastl (1766-1814)

ERDMANA HILFREICHA NAVČENJ PRO LID SEDLSKÝ O NEMOCECH DOBYTKA...

Brno, 1793
...Konského, Howězýho, Owčjho, a Swynského. Druhé w nowě předělané a rozmnožené Založenj. Čtenářům teg w Potřebách spomahagjcy Knjžky přiwlastněná. W Brně, Na Autraty Jána Gjřiho Gastla, Kněhokupce w Sedlářské Vlicy. Format 8°, 18x11 cm. 209 numbered pp., in Czech, translator unknown. Title page printed in black, with a vignette. Solid boards binding with a paper inventory label no. "499". Published by Jan Jiří Gastl in Brno in 1793, 2nd edition. The book contains tried-and-tested home remedies, treatment procedures, and advice on feeding, hygiene and disease prevention. It was written in the Josephine spirit of an effort to raise the standard of agriculture and education among the rural population. Binding slightly loosened, boards and spine damaged, traces of woodworm and damp, several bent corners. Another copy is held in the collections of the Moravian Library (MZK) in Brno, shelfmark ST1-0096.945.