[PARMENTIER].Bibliothèque physico-économique, instructive et amusant, [Première à Huitième année].Paris: Buisson, 1784 - 1789. 12 volumes in-12 (one volume per year from 1782 to 1785, then two per year from the fourth). Volumes in first edition, except for the first year which is in fifth edition.31 folding plates (out of 32, one plate missing in the last volume). Non-uniform period binding with numerous flaws, fair condition inside despite many badly folded plates, with a few tears and a small lack. Working copy sold as is.Head of the series of this remarkable publication. The year 1784 includes several articles related to aerostation. Among the many other subjects treated: potato, flying chair, Franklin's stove, hatching of eggs by electricity, help for drowned people, fumigatory machine, invention of a glass bottle with regulated teat (Baldini), aerostatic voyage of M. Tetu, Saussure's electrometer, lightning rod, drawing machine, articles on wine, etc.