Culture forestière des arbres résineux conifères.

8vo: [4]-x-217 pp. (some spotting on first and last lvs).

Cont. half calf with corners, gilt flat spine (joints splitting, head and tail def.).

Rare and interesting work on conifers by the Belgian botanist of French origin L. Gihoul (1831-1854) publ. simultaneously in Brussels, Breda and Paris. Illustr. with 9 hand-coloured lithographs. Detailed descriptions on various conifers, information on the different soils in which conifers grow, on the cultivation of forests, plantations, enemies, diseases etc. Ref. KBR. - Not in Nissen or Pritzel. Prov. Ms. author's dedication on flyleaf.