Author: Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis (1700-1782)
Title: La Physique Des Arbres; Où IL Est Traité de L'Anatomie Des Plantes Et de L'économie Végétale: Pour Servir D'Introduction Au Traité Complet Des Bois & Des Forests: Avec Une Dissertation Sur L'Utilité Des Méthodes de Botanique; & Une Explication Des Termes Propres à Cette Science, & Qui Sont En Usage Pour L'Exploitation Des Bois & Des forêts. Par M. Duhamel Du Monceau... Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. First Edition
Description: A Paris: chez H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, rue Saint Jacques, à Saint Thomas d'Aquin, 1758. 4to. 19 x 25cm. 2 vols. Contemporary tree calf. Small loss of leather at corners. First 70 pages of vol 1 with small burn hole in lower right corners. Ca. 50 folding engraved plates...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 186686027: Physical Description: 2 v. [6], lxviii, 307, [1] s. 14, 14 utv.-pl. ; [4], iii, [1], 432 s. 17, 5 utv.-pl. ; 4:o..... Starting in 1755, Duhamel began publishing an eight-volume work titled Traité complet des Bois et des Fôrets that would attempt to detail all aspects of trees including their planting, growth, maintenance, and transportation. The first installation started with two volumes titled Traité des Arbres et Arbustes (1755). Other titles that were included in the comprehensive work were La Physique des Arbres (1758), De l’Exploitation des Bois (1764), and finally Du Transport (1767). Between the years 1752 and 1777, he authored various works that appeared both in Diderot’s Encyclopédie and the Dictionnaire des Arts et Metiers. Among the more than 20 subjects he covered were metallurgy, tobacco pipes and the kilns used in their manufacturing, the printing of playing cards, candlesticks, paste, soap, locks, refining sugar, and fishing... Duhamel died in Paris on August 13, 1782. At the time of his death, his forests in Vrigny and Denainvilliers contained no less than 692 different species of trees. His enduring legacy was testament to the amateurs and scientists who hoped to accomplish a fraction of what he had achieved... 2 volumes in-4 veau époque 50 planches dépliantes. 3 coiffes arasées, manques de cuir à 3 coins et légères dégradations aux 70 premières pp. du 1° volume. .

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