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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis. Traite des arbres et arbustes . Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755.
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis. Traite des arbres et arbustes . Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. 2 volumes, 4 o (260 x 195 mm). Half-titles, 4 folding engraved plates, 250 woodcut plates, numerous engraved headpieces. (A few pencil marks, some marginal dampstaining or stains, a few leaves with short marginal tears.) Contemporary calf, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (worn). Provenance : E.F. Nolte, M.D. (bookplate on pastedown, signature on preliminary leaf). FIRST EDITION of this fine work on plants.Nissen BBI 547; Stafleu and Cowan 1544; Sargent & Tucker p.215. [ With: ] DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782). Des Semis et plantations des arbres et de leur culture. Paris: Guerin and Delatour, 1780. 4 o (253 x 196 mm). Half-title, 16 engraved folding plates, headpiece. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments and with brown morocco label, edges red (wear at the spine and corners). Second edition. Nissen BBI 545; see Stafleu & Cowan I, 1545. (3)