Live Auction 5809Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 250

DUHAMEL, DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-81?). Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c.. Paris: Saillant & Desaint, 1768. 2 volumes, 4° (343 x 254mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispiece in volume I, 180 engraved plates after Aubriet, M. Basseporte and le Berriays. (Some light browning, stronger in vol.II and affecting most plates occasional light soiling, mainly in upper margin.) Contemporary calf, lettering-pieces, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed, lettering-pieces partly torn away, joints starting to split).

Closed15 October 2009

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GBP 2,500

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DUHAMEL, DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-81?). Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c.. Paris: Saillant & Desaint, 1768. 2 volumes, 4° (343 x 254mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispiece in volume I, 180 engraved plates after Aubriet, M. Basseporte and le Berriays. (Some light browning, stronger in vol.II and affecting most plates occasional light soiling, mainly in upper margin.) Contemporary calf, lettering-pieces, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed, lettering-pieces partly torn away, joints starting to split).
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