SCHACHT, Dr. Hermann. - Trees. Studies on their structure an - Lot 92

SCHACHT, Dr. Hermann. - Trees. Studies on their structure and vegetation. Translated from the second German edition by Edouard Morren. Published under the auspices of the late Baron Al. de Humboldt. Third edition enlarged with 10 steel engravings. Illustrated with 205 woodcuts and 5 lithographed plates representing a total of 550 subjects - Paris, Bruxelles, Rothschild, Muquardt, 1865 - Large in-8, 1 front, XI, 456 pp. 14 plates, in-text engravings; green bronze half-chagrin, spine with gilt fleurons (period binding). Edition illustrated with a total of 14 lithographed hors-texte plates, including the frontispiece, and numerous woodcuts in the text. Excellent French translation by Édouard Morren of the work by Dr. Hermann Schacht, professor at the University of Bonn and author of several books on trees, forests and plant physiology. A good copy, despite some foxing, the frontispiece is partially detached. (Nissen, Die botanische Buchillustration, 1739).