La Physique des arbres; où il est traité de l'anatomie des plantes et de l'économie végétale [...]

2 vol., 4to: [6]-lxviii-307, [4]-iii-[1]-432 pp.; 50 folding pls (upper margin of pl. 14 in v. II soiled).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt tooled spine with raised bands and green/red labels, marbled edges (cracked leather on boards, slightly worn).

First edition of this treatise of anatomy and plant physiology establishing the second part of the larger "Traité complet des bois & des forêts" in which Duhamel (1700-1782) gives the synthesis of all theoretical and practical knowledge on trees as well as the progress made in this field. The work, intended for general public as well as of gardens and forests professionals, is illustrated with 50 finely engraved folding pls and ends with a glossary of terms of botany and agriculture. Ref. Pritzel 2468. - Nissen, BBI:542. - Livres de fruits du 16e au 20e s. [Exhibition cat.] Namur, Bibl. Plantin Moretus, 1992, p. 123:31. - Images de jardins du 16e au 20e s. [Exhibition cat.]. Namur, Plantin, 1996, pp 182-183. - DCB IV:224. Prov. : unidentified bookplate (motto "Fari quae sentiat / C.G.U.H.V.Z.U.P."). - Slezky ustav Csav Opava (withdrawn copy with stamp of this Czech library).