74 - DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). On the Sowing and Planting of Trees, and Their Cultivation; or Methods for Propagating and Raising Trees, Planting Them in Groves and Avenues; Establishing Forests and Woods; maintaining them, and restoring those that have been degraded: Part of the Complete Treatise on Woods and Forests. Paris: H. L. Guérin, L. F. Delatour, 1760. One volume, in-4, in period calfskin. (2) ff., IX–LXXX pp., 383 pp., 27 pp. (additions to the Treatise on Trees and Shrubs), 10 pp. (additions and corrections to the Treatise on the Physics of Trees). Binding restored; the first VIII pp. of the preface are missing; small marginal wormhole with no damage to the text.

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). On the Sowing and Planting of Trees, and Their Cultivation; or Methods for Propagating and Raising Trees, Planting Them in Groves and Avenues; Establishing Forests and Woods; maintaining them, and restoring those that have been degraded: Part of the Complete Treatise on Woods and Forests. Paris: H. L. Guérin, L. F. Delatour, 1760. One volume, in-4, in period calfskin. (2) ff., IX–LXXX pp., 383 pp., 27 pp. (additions to the Treatise on Trees and Shrubs), 10 pp. (additions and corrections to the Treatise on the Physics of Trees). Binding restored; the first VIII pp. of the preface are missing; small marginal wormhole with no damage to the text. First edition constituting the third part of the monumental *Complete Treatise on Woods and Forests* that Duhamel du Monceau published between 1755 and 1767. The work is divided into 6 books: Description and Selection of Species—Methods of Propagating Trees—Methods of Raising Young Trees—Planting Trees Grown in Nurseries—Large Forests—Forest Management and Restoration of Degraded Forests. This copy includes all 17 fold-out intaglio plates, including one for the first supplement, which depicts, among other things, sowing and planting techniques, cultivation methods, and the various tools used for forestry work.