SCIENCES] - Lot 121

SCIENCES] BERNARDEAU (Fabien) and LABBE (Henry)] Science forestière illustrée, Paris, by 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 woodlands; dune fixation and moorland development; mountain land restoration. Each part is illustrated with phototypical reproductions of field shots. A fine copy. A rare study of the trees and forests of France.