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Le Jardinier Fruitier: Principes Simplifies de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers expliques a l'Aide de Nombreuses Figures Dessinees par l'Auteur, et augmentees d'une Etude sur les Bons Fruits
by Forney, Eugene
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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North Garden, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Author, 1862, 1863. First edition.
1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.
Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.
1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.
Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.
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- Bookseller
- Biomed Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 395
- Title
- Le Jardinier Fruitier: Principes Simplifies de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers expliques a l'Aide de Nombreuses Figures Dessinees par l'Auteur, et augmentees d'une Etude sur les Bons Fruits
- Author
- Forney, Eugene
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Author
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862, 1863
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- agriculture; France; fruit
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North Garden, Virginia
About Biomed Rare Books
I established BioMed Rare Books in 2015 as an internet-based bookshop specializing in rare and antiquarian books and papers in medicine and the life sciences. I have been collecting and studying printed works in these fields for many years, an activity that has enhanced and informed my practice of medicine and my own biological research.
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- Sunned
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- Calf
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