Lart De Creer Les Jardins Contenant Les Preceptes Generaux De Cet Art Leur Application Developpee

by Narcisse Vergnaud

$12,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary calf-backed red cloth boards with richly gilt spine A beautifully hand-coloured copy of the 'Nouvelle édition' of Vergnaud's manual of landscape design, combining garden theory with measured plans, perspective views, sections, and elevations drawn from celebrated European parks. Vergnaud's L'Art de créer les jardins belongs to a distinct moment in nineteenth-century garden literature, when the picturesque landscape garden was increasingly

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