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ARBORICULTURE – two first edition works by Duhamel de Monceau on trees.

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782). Traite des arbres et arbustes. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. Two volumes, quarto (260 x 193mm). Half-titles, 3 engraved plates, numerous full-page woodcuts, numerous engraved headpieces. Contemporary calf (rebacked, with some nicks and surface losses).

[WITH:] DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782). La Physique des Arbres. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1758. Two volumes, quarto (259 x 199mm). Contemporary mottled calf. Provenance: Filiberto Remigio (1750-1826; bookplate) – Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947, American biologist; bookplate).
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