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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, HENRI LOUIS. Traité des Arbres et Arbustes qui se cultivent en France en Pleine Terre... Paris, 1755. 2 vols., 4to, 251 x 194 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, joints cracked, some wear to spine ends. FIRST EDITION, 250 woodcut plates and numerous engraved illustrations. Most of the woodcuts are from the original blocks used for the 'large Mattioli' (first published in Venice, 1558). Hunt 552 ("His earliest work on trees."); Nissen BBI 547; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1544. (2)