"Treatise On Grafting By Abbot D. Dupuy, 1859"
Abbé Dominique Dupuy (the great botanist from Gers) Treatise on the grafting of fruit trees and especially on the grafting of fruit buds. 1859, 220 pp + 4 unnumbered leaves containing 24 plates. 12mo, half green morocco, spine with raised bands, titled and decorated (boxes) in gilt. Probable first edition. Autograph inscription to the Minister of Education (G. Rouland?) on the half-title page. I am including one copy of the book "The Beautiful Fruits of France" by G. Delbard. Paris 1947, 164 pp. Illustrated with 32 color plates and 429 black and white illustrations.