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424 - DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, Henri-Louis *Treatise on Fruit Trees*; containing their illustrations, descriptions, cultivation, etc. [...]. Paris: Saillant, Desaint, 1768, 2 vols., folio: [6, including frontispiece]-xxix-[3]-337, [4]-280 pp.; 180 pl. (tiny hole in the margin of the title page in vol. 1, occasional spotting or age-toning (especially on the outer edges)). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, triple gilt fillet on boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, as-bound (spines slightly damaged and rubbed, corners bumped). Large-paper copy. First edition of this important work on the cultivation of fruit trees, pruning, grafting, etc. Complete with frontispiece by N. Delaunay after De Sève and 180 plates depicting the fruits, leaves, flowers, stones, etc., of different varieties of almond, cherry, apple, peach, pear, etc., trees, by C. or E. Haussard, P.L. Cor, Ch. Milsan, F. Tardieu, Herisset, etc., after Cl. Aubriet, Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte, or Ch. Le Berryais. Ref. Nissen (BBI) 550. - Pritzel 2466. - Conlon 68:803. Owned by Baron van Zuylen Argenteau (modern bookplate). - Count d’Argenteau d’Ochain (old manuscript entry).
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DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, Henri-Louis *Treatise on Fruit Trees*; containing their illustrations, descriptions, cultivation, etc. [...]. Paris: Saillant, Desaint, 1768, 2 vols., folio: [6, including frontispiece]-xxix-[3]-337, [4]-280 pp.; 180 pl. (tiny hole in the margin of the title page in vol. 1, occasional spotting or age-toning (especially on the outer edges)). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, triple gilt fillet on boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, as-bound (spines slightly damaged and rubbed, corners bumped). Large-paper copy. First edition of this important work on the cultivation of fruit trees, pruning, grafting, etc. Complete with frontispiece by N. Delaunay after De Sève and 180 plates depicting the fruits, leaves, flowers, stones, etc., of different varieties of almond, cherry, apple, peach, pear, etc., trees, by C. or E. Haussard, P.L. Cor, Ch. Milsan, F. Tardieu, Herisset, etc., after Cl. Aubriet, Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte, or Ch. Le Berryais. Ref. Nissen (BBI) 550. - Pritzel 2466. - Conlon 68:803. Owned by Baron van Zuylen Argenteau (modern bookplate). - Count d’Argenteau d’Ochain (old manuscript entry).
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