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111 - DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis).
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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). A Treatise on the Trees and Shrubs Cultivated in France. Paris, H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, 1755. 2 volumes in-4, 19 x 24.5 cm, 2 folios, LXII + 368 pp., 140 plates, the first of which is folded, and 2 folios, 388 pp., 114 plates, including 3 folded, 19th-century binding in imitation spotted fawn sheepskin, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt motifs, title labels. First edition of the first part of the *Traité complet des bois et des forêts* (Complete Treatise on Timber and Forests), also comprising *La physique des arbres* (The Physics of Trees, 1758), *Des Semis et plantations* (On Seedlings and Plantations, 1760), *De l’exploitation des bois* (On Timber Harvesting, 1764) and *Du transport, de la conservation et de la force des bois* (On the Transport, Preservation and Strength of Timber) (1767). Illustrated with 4 folded copperplate engravings, 250 woodcuts and a large number of copperplate headpieces (one per species). A fine copy. From the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (dry-stamped on the title page and p. 39). A small tear, with no loss of text, at the margin of one leaf. Minor scuffing to the covers. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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