Lot no. 104
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). Des semis et plantations des arbres, et de leur culture; ou méthodes pour multiplier et élever les arbres, les planter en massifs et en avenues, forme les forêts et les bois, les entretenir, et rétablir ceux qui sont dégradés. Paris, Guérin & Delatour, 1760, in-4, marbled calf, spine decorated (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, the planting of 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, Traité des arbres et arbustes (1755) and Traité de la physique des arbres (1758). Upper joint missing; lower corners heavily dulled, tear on one section.
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