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DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, Henri Louis

Traité des arbres fruitiers, contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c.
Paris / se vend à Bruxelles
chez Desaint / chez J.L. de Boubers
1782
€200 - €300

2 (sur 3) vol. in-8°, [2], 338 pp ; [2], 260 pp, illustré de 151 planches pomologiques gravées (fraises, pommes, pêches, prunes, poires, raisins etc.). Manque le 1er vol. Reliures usagées de l'époque en plein veau, tranches rouges

Réf. Nissen 550 (mentionne 181 planches); Stafleu 1546 (mentionne 180 planches); Hunt 664; An Oak Spring Pomona nr. 29 ""Pocket-sized edition, with small, uncoloured illustrations. The more humble format makes the octavo version look like the 18th c. equivalent of a modern paperback edition, designed to appeal to readers unable to afford the grander quarto, but no less eager to read Duhamel's book"" Ex libris héraldique William Aston

Botany