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Lot 392

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI LOUIS)
De l'exploitation des bois, ou moyens de tirer un parti avantageux des taillis, demi-futaies, et hautes-futaies...faisant partie du traité complet de bois & des forests, 2 vol., engraved vignette on preface to volume one, 36 folding engraved plates, 1764; Du transport de la conservation et de la force de bois, 27 folding engraved plates, 1767, FIRST EDITIONS

17 April 2012, 11:00 BST
Oxford

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Attractive set of Duhamel du Monceau's celebrated works on forestry, and the uses, transport, and economics of wood.

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