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A COMPLETE history of the forests of Belgium from the earliest times up to the end of the eighteenth century is given in these three volumes, which embody the results of much learned research. The economic and social importance of the forests throughout the ages is the main subject of the work, but much light is also thrown on the natural history of the woodlands and on the gradual but late development of scientific sylviculture and forest management. Folk-lore, legislation, charters, archives, ancient MSS., classical writings, and modern books have all been laid under contribution. An agreeable feature of the work is the high quality of the full-page illustrations, which reproduce famous landscapeS pictures, maps, plans, and photographs.
Histoire des bois et forêts de Belgium: Des origines à la fin du régime autrichien.
Par le Comte Goblet d'Alviella. Tome 1. Pp. xvi + 490 + 18 planches. Tome 2. Pp. xii + 350 + 16 planches. Tome 3. Pp. ii + 140. (Paris: Paul Lechevalier; Bruxelles: Maurice Lamertin, 1927.) 3 vols., 100 francs.
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Our Bookshelf. Nature 120, 947 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120947a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120947a0