Lot n° 440
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 700EUR
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. - Lot 440
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU.
Traité des arbres fruitiers contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, etc [...]. Paris, Desaint, 1782. 3 vols. in-8. Full contemporary basane racine, green calf spine richly decorated, gilt title and tomaison. 4] ff, 320 pp ; [2] ff, 338 pp ; [2] ff, 260 pp. 176 plates.
Second edition published in the year of the author's death, the original edition was published in in?4 format in 2 volumes in 1768.
Work containing 175 engraved plates on arboriculture : 30 plates in volume I, 83 plates in volume II, 62 in volume III.
>Ex-libris on the back of the flyleaf: C. A. de Bengy De Puyvallée.
Bookseller's label stuck on the lower back cover: "Gilles libraire & Md. Papetier, vis-à-vis le Collège royal, à Bourges".
Small loss at one of the headpieces. A fine copy.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue