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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU Henri Louis
Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture [Treatise on Fruit Trees]
Saillant et Desaint, à Paris 1768, 25 x 33,5 cm, (1f.) (2f.) (1f tit fr.)
(XXIX p.) (1 p.) et (1f.) 337 pp and (1f.) (2 f.) 280 pp., two volumes, contemporary calf
First edition, frontispiece by de Sève engraved by de Launay and 180 plates (with numerous life-size figures) admirably rendered after drawings by Claude Aubriet, Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte engraved by Catherine Haussard, Charles Milsan, Herisset, and so on.
Contemporary light brown speckled calf. Spines in six compartments with frames and gilt fleurons, t

First edition printed on alfa paper.
Half marbled caramel sheep binding, spine with two raised bands decorated with a central gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, slight rubbing traces on spine, olive shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by André Mabille de Poncheville to poet Jean Ott.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Henri Gros.

Original issue for which it was not derived great papers.
Bound in half roan marbled caramel back two nerves with a gold central finial, date and double fillet golden tail, traces of friction on the back part of title brown grief jaw rubbed, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved illustrated cover, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph from the author to the Baroness La Tombelle.
Illustrated book of drawings by the author.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press.
Half cherry-red morocco over marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (spine with small lacks laid down), top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by Irène Némirovsky to Franc Nohain.
A good copy perfectly bound.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, this one n°1, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First Edition printed on Navarre alfa alone draw with Holland 100.
Signed autograph André Breton doctor Garmonec "... his health in a range of cut granite ..."
Pleasant specimen illustrated on the cover of a reproduction of an original elithographie Henri Rousseau.

First edition, one of the copies of the Press.
Precious autograph dedication signed by the author to the great playwright Jacques Copeau "... master of the scene, his tribute admirer ..."
Back slightly irradiated.

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa Navarre.
Publisher's paper boards with an original design by Paul Bonet.
Foot of last pages slightly faded, not touching text.

First edition, one of 600 copies on vellum of the Marsh, one run with 450 vellum Madagascar.
Signed autograph author Theo Quoniam.
The first and last pages of the booklet small foxing.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Mathieu Bénézet.
A good copy.

First edition, one of the copies of the Press.
Bound in half roan marbled caramel back two nerves with a gold central finial, date and double fillet golden tail, traces of friction on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets preserved gilded head, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph from the author to poet John Ott.

First edition in French, one of 44 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies
A good copy.

Edition after a few days to the original, fanciful thousand words.
Signed autograph of the author Jean Yssert.
Back slightly wrinkled as usually, a small trace of angular bend at the top of the first flat.

Original edition for which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph Yssert author John and his wife.
Nice copy.

Original edition for which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph Yssert Jean François Mitterrand and his wife.
Nice copy.

Edition of the year of the original, mentions fifth edition.
Signed autograph author Andre Walaquin.
Back slightly irradiated, very slight traces of a marginal film that covered the front cover of our copy, a small shadow in feet the last guard and the colophon page.

First edition, one copy of the press.
Rare autograph dedication signed by the author to the historian Emile Picard.
Some marginal spots on the front cover.

First edition in French, translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half purple calf over marbled paper boards, spine in six latticed compartments richly gilt with grotesque gilt frames, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
A good copy with hardly any spotting.
In an elegant contemporary binding, which is rare since most copies were bound rather modestly at the time.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments spotted in gilt and with double blindruled compartments, small repairs to head of joints, marbled endpapers and pasetdowns, ex libris inside upper cover.
A good copy almost entirely free of foxing.
In a charming contemporary binding, which is rare, most copies having been humbly bound at the time.

First edition, one of the copies of the Press.
Bound in half roan marbled caramel, back past four bands set with black netting, when golden tail, traces of friction on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, gilded head .
Signed autograph from the author to poet John Ott.

First Edition of current paper.
Bound in half roan marbled caramel, back past two nerves with a gold central finial, date and double fillet golden tail, traces of friction on the back, plates, guards and contreplats marbled paper, blankets (wrinkled) maintained, golden head, relure of the time.
Signed autograph from the author to poet John Ott.

Third edition.
Binding Editor open cardboard decorated with floral motifs, smooth spine faded, threadbare caps, friction marks on the back.
Signed autograph from the author to poet John Ott: "... his old friend ..."
Illustration inset, pleasant inner state.
Complete copy of his Please insert mimeographed.