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Botany.- Pomology.- Redouté (P.J.).- Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traité des Arbres et...
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Botany.- Pomology.- Redouté (P.J.).- Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on cultive en pleine terre end Europe, 7 vol., large paper copy, engraved title vignette to vol.1 (offset to half-title), 498 engraved plates (of which 496 printed in colour and some finished by hand), a few ff. with marginal repairs in vol.7, Henry Rogers Broughton bookplates, modern half morocco, gilt spines, vol.1 head of spine a little scuffed, covers a little marked, extremities a little bumped, t.e.g., [Nissen BBI 549; Stafleu & Cowan 1547], folio, Paris, Librarie Encyclopédique Roret, [?1852].
*** Large paper copy of the most beautiful dendrological work published.
About 30 different engravers were involved for the printing, with 463 plates are after drawings by P.J. Redouté. This is a reissue of "Nouveau Duhamel" which was first issued in 83 parts across 1800-25.
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