DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri Louis). Des semis et plantations des arbres, et de leur culture. Paris, Guerin & Delatour, 1760. in-4, half marbled basane, spine decorated, red edges (period binding). First edition, illustrated with 17 unsigned folding plates and a header vignette. This treatise is divided into six books, dealing successively with the exposure and selection of species, how to multiply trees, how to raise young trees, planting trees raised in nurseries, large woods and finally the maintenance of woods and the restoration of degraded forests. The appendices contain additions to the author's two previous works. From the library of J. de Pelichy van Huerne, with handwritten bookplate. Some plates browned.