DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). A treatise on... Lot 40

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). A treatise on trees and shrubs grown in France in the open ground. Paris, chez H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour, 1755. 2 volumes in-4° of [4]-62-368 and [4]-387 pages, speckled basane, spine with decorated nerves, red edges (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with 192 copper vignettes and 254 engraved plates, including 4 folders, describing nearly 1000 species of French or exotic trees according to the Tournefort classification. This very large synthesis was worth to the author to write the botanical part of the Encyclopedia. Blunt corners, rings on a few leaves at the beginning of the first volume. (Pritzel, 2469 - Nissen, 547). DUPLESSIS (Georges). Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Paris, Lévy, 1867. 2 volumes in-4°, half brown basane (contemporary binding). Illustrated book of 150 colourful costume plates drawn by Lechevallier-Chevignard and engraved by Didier, Flameng... Average binding condition.