La Theorie et la Pratique de Jardinage, ou l'On Traite a Fond des Beaux Jardins Apellés Communément les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete

by Antoine Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville

$1,600 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary full calf expertly rebacked to style and ruled gilt, five raised bands forming six compartments on spine, gilt-lettered in second and fourth compartments, bookplate on front pastedowns, within a brown half morocco-backed clamshell box Expanded and corrected edition of the most influential French work on garden design of the first half of the eighteenth century. The author was at various times Maitre de Comptes for Paris and counsellor to the King of

• Binding: Leather

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