BERNARDEAU (Fabien) and LABBE (Henry). - Lot 23

BERNARDEAU (Fabien) and LABBE (Henry). Science forestière illustrée, Paris, by the Service central du Ministère de l'agriculture, no date (circa 1889). In folio leaves, in black half-chagrin pocket with corners, title cold-stamped in gilt lettering on front cover cloth, 194 pages (unpaginated) of text and black photographic reproductions. The book is divided into four parts: description of the main forest species in their original location; cultivation and exploitation of woods; dune fixation and moorland development; mountain land restoration. Each section is illustrated with phototypical reproductions of field shots. A fine copy. A rare study of the trees and forests of France.