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BOTANY -- DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L. Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France en pleine terre. Par., H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. 2 vols. (4), lxii, 368; (4), 387 pp. W. 4 fold. engr. plates, 250 woodcut plates & num. small text-ills. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, brown labels & red edges. (Top of spine vol. 2 a bit dam., other spine ends sl. chipped, lower margin vol. 2 faintly stained at the end, else a complete and clean set).
The beautiful and large woodcut illustrations are partly printed from blocks made by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck for the Mattioli herbarium two centuries earlier, which Duhamel had purchased for use in this work. - Hunt 552; Nissen BBI, 547; Stafleu/C. 1544.€ 1000
result € 800
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