Lot 124
Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 4 folding engraved plates, 250 woodcut plates, engraved illustrations, half-titles, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, small wormhole to fore-margin of first few leaves of volume 2, occasional light discolouration of text; Pratt, Anne The ferns of Great Britain. London, [no date]. 8vo, 41 colour plates, illustrated by J.B. Sowerby, original cloth gilt, backstrip discoloured, tear to upper hinge, previous ink inscriptions to front endpaper; [Idem] The British grasses and sedges. London, [no date]. 8vo, 35 colour plates, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Foster, Birket Fern leaves from Fanny's portfolio. London, 1853. Second edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rebacked, previous ink inscription (5)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.