Cours Elementaire De Culture Des Bois. Cree a’ L’Ecole Forestiere De Nancy. (Elementary Course in Forestry. Created at the Nancy Forestry School.)

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2nd Edition. Publisher’s printed wraps. 8vo., 22.5×14.5 cm. Madame (Rosalie) Huzard. Paris. 1837. [12], 564 pp. One folding plate. Good plus, covers soiled and split at spine, light foxing, some dog-eared pages, ink name to title page, untrimmed in the wraps. French text. Treatise on silviculture published by the noted Paris woman printer and bookseller Rosalie Huzard. The Nancy School of Forestry was the first national training institute for foresters in France. This will make an interesting addition to the library of anyone who collects women printers, and will also be of interest to those who study the history of forestry. weight: 1.3 lb.