Tractatus De Arboribus Coniferis Et Pice Conficienda, Aliisque Ex Illis Arboribus Provenientibus [plates]


By: Axt, Johann Conrad

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Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

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Forestry; Industry; Maritime; Manufacturing; FARMING; Engravings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; [2], 131 pages; Tractatus de arboribus coniferis et pice conficienda, aliisque ex illis arboribus provenientibus. 5 engraved plates. [2], 131 pages, including engraved additional title. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, spine ends chipped; some toning and foxing. 18th-century signature ("Guettard") and 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque du Château d'Oublesse. Managing conifer forests and extracting pitch, illustrated emblem book. LOC returns no copies. First edition of a work on common conifers, including instructions for making resin, pitch, charcoal, lamp-black, etc. Duveen, page 34; Ferguson I, 61.

Title: Tractatus De Arboribus Coniferis Et Pice Conficienda, Aliisque Ex Illis Arboribus Provenientibus [plates]

Author Name: Axt, Johann Conrad

Edition: First Paperback Edition

Location Published: Jena, Samuel Krebs for Joh. Bielk: 1679

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Categories: 17th Century

Seller ID: 33048