Fruit-Trees.- Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traité des Arbres Fruitiers..., second edition, half-title in vol.1, 175 engraved plates, all but 4 printed on blue paper, an excellent clean copy in contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt in compartments with red roan labels, rubbed, a little worn in patches and to head of spines, [Nissen BBI 550, calling for 181 plates], 8vo, Paris, to be sold in Brussels, J.L. de Boubers, 1782. ⁂ The first 8vo edition; the number of plates seems to vary.
Fruit-Trees.- Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traité des Arbres Fruitiers..., second edition, half-title in vol.1, 175 engraved plates, all but 4 printed on blue paper, an excellent clean copy in contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt in compartments with red roan labels, rubbed, a little worn in patches and to head of spines, [Nissen BBI 550, calling for 181 plates], 8vo, Paris, to be sold in Brussels, J.L. de Boubers, 1782. ⁂ The first 8vo edition; the number of plates seems to vary.
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