78/2112 [Botany]. Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre. Paris, H.L. Guerin and L.F. Delatour, 1754-1755, 2 vols., (4),LXII,368; (4),387p., 2 woodcut title-vignettes, 4 fold. engr. plates, 250 woodcut plates, num. sm. text ills., contemp. unif. hcalf, richly gilt spines w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Title-vignettes and a few plates in later handcolouring. Covers sl. chafed. Otherwise a fine, complete set.

= Nissen, BBI 547. Many of the plates were printed from the blocks used for the large plates in Mattioli's herbal, New Kreuterbuch (1563). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.