1755 Black Locust, Acacia, Giorgio Liberale, quarto woodcut, botany, hand colour

Issued in Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre, [Hunt 552; Nissen BBI 547; Plesch 209], 4to, Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755.

Overall dimensions: 25.8 x 19.3

Published in Paris, 1755.

The large woodcut illustrations were printed from the very woodblocks made by Liberale and Meyerpeck for Mattioli's herbal of two centuries earlier, blocks which were acquired by Duhamel. Later hand colour.