DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri Louis). Du transport, de la conservation et de la force des bois. Paris, L. F. Delatour, 1767. In-4, half marbled basane, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this important treatise on the transport and industry of wood, which also covers the construction of frames and ships. It includes 27 folding plates engraved in intaglio and a vignette by Prévost. From the library of J. de Pelichy van Huerne, with handwritten bookplate.