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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782).

Lot 90
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 90 | DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782).
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€ 6 000 – 8 000
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782).

Traité des arbres fruitiers ; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c. Paris : Saillant et Desaint, 1768.

...Pendant toute l’année ils fournissent nos tables de mets d’autant plus agréables qu’ils flattent & réveillent le goût à la fin des repas les plus somptueux…



Édition originale. Traité fondamental illustré de 181 planches.

Très bel exemplaire en veau marbré de l’époque, à très grandes marges.



Botaniste, Duhamel du Monceau est l'un des pères de l'agronomie et de la sylviculture modernes. "Il occupe, dans la lignée des savants du XVIIIe siècle, un rang presque égal à celui de Buffon et à celui de Lavoisier" (André J. Bourde).

On a vanté les descriptions du traité pionnier de pomologie. Seuls les fruits de table sont abordés ici et 300 variétés décrites, dont 119 poires, 48 prunes, 43 pêches, 39 pommes, 21 cerises et 14 cépages de raisin. Sur les planches, fruits, feuilles et branches sont représentés grandeur nature. Brunet, II, 871 ; Nissen BBI, 550 ; Pritzel, 2466 ; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l'amateur, p. 408 ; Hunt, Botanical Books II, n° 644 (pour la deuxième édition en 3 volumes).



2 volumes grand in-4 (335 x 250 mm). Illustré d'un frontispice gravé par Launay d’après Sève, et de 180 planches hors-texte gravés sur cuivre par divers artistes dont Dupuis, Tardieu, Haussard, Hérisset, etc., d’après Aubriet, Basseporte, etc. (quelques cahiers légèrement brunis ; t. I : déchirure marginale au f. F2 ; t. II : 4 planches roussies). Reliure de l’époque : veau marbré, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin noir, double filet doré sur les coupes, roulette dorée intérieure, tranches dorées (habile restauration en haut d'un mors, épidermure à un plat supérieur).



First edition. A fine copy in contemporary marbled calf.

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