Live auction - fjt_513916 - AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FISHING AND HUNTING SOCIETIES Olivier de Serres 1807

AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FISHING AND HUNTING SOCIETIES Olivier de Serres XF

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Estimate :	80 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	29 January 2019 17:30:39

Type : Olivier de Serres

Date: 1807

Metal : silver

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 10,30 g.

Catalogue references :

Ess.2611

Obverse

Obverse legend : OLIVIER DE SERRES, N.EN 1539, M.2 JT 1619.

Obverse description : Buste à droite d'Olivier de Serres DROZ F. M.DCCCVII..

Reverse

Reverse legend : SOCIETE D'AGRICULTURE DU DEPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE 1807.

Reverse description : Couronne de laurier, une abeille et une botte d'épis de blé.

Commentary

Olivier de Serres, le “père de l’agronomie française”, est né à Villeneuve-de-Berg dans le Vivarais. Issu d’une famille protestante aisée, il montre très tôt une curiosité intellectuelle proche des humanistes. Il est surtout connu pour avoir introduit en France la culture de la soie mais ses travaux sur l’assolement triennal apportent d’importants changements pour les techniques de culture.
Olivier de Serres, the “father of French agronomy,” was born in Villeneuve-de-Berg in the Vivarais region. Born into a wealthy Protestant family, he showed early on an intellectual curiosity similar to that of the humanists. He is best known for introducing silk cultivation to France, but his work on three-year crop rotations brought about significant changes in cultivation techniques.