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(ACKERMANN, Rudolf). A SERIES, CONTAINING
FORTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS IN COLOURS, OF FASHIONABLE FURNITURE;
Consisting Of Beds, Sofas, Ottomans, Window-Curtains, Chairs, Tables,
Book-Cases, &c. &c. London: R.
Ackermann, 1823. A striking survey of fashionable regency interior design and furnishing illustrated with 44 delicate hand colored aquatint plates. The subject matter includes drapery and window treatments, canopied beds, sofas, book cases, fireplace mantels, tables and other types of furniture. Each of the illustrated pieces is also accompanied by a page or two of descriptive letterpress describing the materials and techniques used in making the individual pieces together with comments on their style and use. These illustrations were originally published as part of ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY OF THE ARTS, a style-setting monthly periodical which began publication in 1809. Ackermann later published another similar compilation in 1830, but that work was issued as plates only, without descriptive text. Rare; OCLC records only 4 copies (Yale, Redwood, V&A and the Koninklijke Bibiliotheek in the Hague). 4to (23 x 18.5 cm); 2 ff. + 3-52 pp. + 44 hand colored aquatint plates. Recently recased in the original boards with sheep spine and tips, gently worn; printed title mounted on front cover; remains of old book plate on front paste down. Preserved in cloth clamshell case. $3,200.00
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(Amboise)
(FONTAINE P. F. L.,
attributed to) DOMAINE PRIVÉ DU ROI. CHATEAU
D'AMBOISE. (title from spine). (Paris?:
n.d., ca 1840). A volume from the important series of architectural surveys undertaken under the reign of Louis Phillippe to document the various "domains" owned by the king, either as national or private property. The present volume consists of six plates showing the property as it existed at the time, including one folding plan of the gardens, laid out in a naturalistic style, and five other measured floor plans for the chateau. Scarce; OCLC records one copy only. 4to (33.7 x 26.5 cm); 9 ff. (6 plates, 3 double page). Original quarter cloth with paper-covered boards; well preserved. $900.00
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(Art
Nouveau) Marx, Roger. ESSAIS DE
RÉNOVATION ORNAMENTALE / UNE VILLA MODERNE / LA SALLE DE
BILLARD. N.P.: le baron Joseph
Vitta, (1902). Elaborate documentation of the remarkable collaboration Jules Cheret, Félix Bracquemond and Alexandre Charpentier in the decoration of the billard room at the Villa La Sapiniere in Evian, home of baron Joseph Vitta, an important French art patron and collector of the period. The text, written by the important art critic Roger Marx, is supplemented by a series of fine heliogravure photographic plates of the interior, furniture, sculpture, murals and other decorative features of the room. Edition limited to 200 copies only. Loose as issued in portfolio, sheets measuring 45 x 33 cm.; (iv) blank + (iv) + 32 pp. with decorative head and tail pieces + 23 heliogravure plates, some folding + (iv) blank. Original printed white paper covered and cloth backed portfolio, soiled; occasional foxing or browning principally to outer margins of text or plates; all plate impressions clean and bright. $1,500.00
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BAC, Ferdinand. LES
COLOMBI?RES. Ses Jardins Et Ses Décors.
Paris: Louis Conard, (1925). First edition. One of 750 copies. Situated in the hills above Menton on the French Riviera, the gardens created by Ferdinand Bac at Les Colombières were his greatest achievement as a garden designer. His plan was to create a series of garden rooms evoking the spirit of early Italian, Hispanic and Oriental landscapes and architecture (see Racine, Michel et. al., THE GARDENS OF PROVENCE AND THE FRENCH RIVIERA, p. 112). Exotic and picturesque garden structures punctuate the dramatic site, and cypresses are used in a variety of ways to frame vistas and help form the internal structure of the landscape. Bac's first and greatest contemporary fame was as a book illustrator, and the two-color illustrations which he has drawn to depict his gardens are wonderfully romantic, evocative and unique in style among published illustrations for gardens. 4to (27.5 x 22.3 cm); (iii) + iv + 98 pp. with 7 text illustrations + 55 color plates. Original printed paper wraps; book plate on half-title (producing small adhesion tear); previous owner's name in ink on verso of front cover. $650.00
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BRADLEY, Richard; AGRICOLA, G(eorg). A(ndreas).
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: Being
A New Method of Cultivating and Increasing all sorts of Trees, Shrubs,
and Flowers. A Very Curious Work: Containing many Useful Secrets in
Nature, for helping the Vegetation of Trees and Plants, and for
fertilizing the most Stubborn Soils... Translated from The High-Dutch,
with Remarks: and Adorned with Cuts. The whole Revised and Compared
with the Original, together with a Preface, confirming this New Method,
By RICHARD BRADLEY. London: P. Vaillant, and W. Mears
and F. Clay, 1721. First English edition, translated, with additions, by Richard Bradley. "This was the first treatise on cuttings and graftings, and it made Agricola famous." (Hunt 452). Georg Andreas Agricola was a German doctor from Regensburg whose discoveries regarding plant propagation aroused significant interest at the beginning of the eighteenth century. In a book entitled NEU- UND NIE ERHÖRTER DOCH IN DER NATUR UND VERNUNFFT WOHLGEGEGRÜNDETER VERSUCH DER UNIVERSAL VERMEHRUNG ALLER BÄUME, STAUDEN UND BLUMEN-GEWÄCHSE (1716-1717) he first published details of his methods, including the use of a plaster he called "vegetable mummy," to refute exaggerated claims made about his discoveries by another writer. Bradley prepared this English translation and added to it his own preface as well as a translation of the preface from the French edition. The text is illustrated with copies of the plates from the original German edition. These plates depict examples of the regenerative process described by Agricola along with the grafting techniques, tools and structures employed in the various operations. In publishing Agricola's discoveries in England Bradley was doing what he seemed to do best: publicizing the latest horticultural advances and theories at a moment close to their inception. Royal 4to (27 x 22 cm); (xxiv) + 300 + (iv) pp. + 22 plates (some folding) with 34 engravings. Hunt 452; Henrey 411 Original full calf, blind-stamped on upper and lower covers, with raised bands and gilt ruling on spine; lettering to spine faded; outer hinges partially split and spine ends worn; two old small library stamps on edges of title page. $2,000.00
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(Cambridge
Botanic Gardens)
MARTYN, Thomas. CATALOGUS HORTI BOTANICI
CANTABRIGIENSIS. Cambridge: J.
Archdeacon, 1771. First edition of the first printed catalogue of the university botanic garden at Cambridge. The garden was opened in 1762 and stocked with contributions from various gardeners and nurserymen such as James Gordon, Christopher Gray and Philip Miller, whose son was its first curator. Thomas Martyn was the first Reader there and also took over the role of curator in 1770 when Miller left on an expedition to India and Sumatra. He prepared the CATALOGUS, in particular, for the use of students at the University. It is arranged according to the Linnean system, with Latin descriptions of each plant provided, as well as English common names. It was one of the first English botanical publications to use Linnean nomenclature. The CATALOGUS appears to have been issued in two versions: one includes a folding indexed plan of the garden, the other a portrait of Richard Walker, founder of the garden. We cannot find records of any copy which includes both. The present copy includes the folding plan. 8vo (20.5 x 12.7 cm); (xii) + 193 + (23) pp. + folding frontispiece plan of the garden. Henry 1021; Hunt 621 (with portrait); Stafleu/Cowan 5566; Pritzel 5924. Contemporary quarter sheep with paper covered boards; joints cracked. $1,000.00
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CAREME, Marie-Antoine. RECUEIL DE PROJETS
D'ARCHITECTURE, Destinés Pour Les Embellissements De
Paris (cover title). Paris: Chez L'Auteur; Firmin
Didot 1821 - 1826. The rare complete edition, in its original printed boards, of the only purely architectural publication by the most famous of all French chefs. Marie-Antoine Carême was an abandoned child whose genius and ambition carried him to spectacular success as chef for many of the most famous political figures of his day. Napoleon, Alexander I, the Prince Regent of England (later George IV), Talleyrand, Lord Stewart and Baron James de Rothschild all engaged him to head their kitchens at different times. However great his recognition as a chef might have been, Carême himself always believed that his true calling in life was as an architect. As a young man he spent much of his free time in the Bibliothèque Nationale poring over the architectural prints he found there. His amazing creations for the table nearly all took their inspiration from his architectural studies, which also included lessons from the architect Charles Percier. His culinary treatises, and most notably his LE PATISSIER PITTORESQUE, are filled with illustrations of exotic fabriques and other picturesque structures. These creations, however, were apparently not enough. Consequently, in 1821, he began publication of a series of cahiers presenting original architectural designs for monuments, fountains and similar dramatic structures suitable for the decoration of cities rather than cakes. The first of these was dedicated to Alexander I and includes designs for columns and fountains to be erected in Saint Petersburg. The remaining 5 cahiers present designs intended for the city of Paris, including a diverse selection of columns, fountains, arches, and other monuments. The fertile imagination of this brilliant architecte manqué finds its most unfettered expression in the astonishing designs presented here. The six tall folio cahiers, issued separately over a period of six years, were printed by Firmin Didot at the author's expense. The plates were engraved by Normand fils. Surviving copies are rare and usually encountered as individual parts or in small groupings of the earlier cahiers. In fact, the existence of the later parts is unknown to some bibliographic sources. (for example, see Peter Hayden. THE FABRIQUES OF ANTONIN CAREME in Garden History vol 24:1, which discusses the work, but describes it as having only 15 plates). The complete work is quite rare, and exceptionally so when bound in its original printed boards, as offered here. A rebound copy at the Bibliotheque Nationale also includes the plates from all six parts, but is lacking two leaves of text. No copies of any part are listed in OCLC, COPAC or KVK, although a copy does exist in the collection of the Avery Architecture Library at Columbia. Folio (52.5 x 34.5 cm); 11 + 6 + 12 + (iv) + 11 + (ii) + 8 + (ii) + 10 pp. + 36 plates. Original printed paper-covered boards; light wear at head and heel of spine; minor cover soiling, but generally a well preserved copy in what must be an extremely rare original binding. $8,500.00
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(Chantilly)
(Mérigot,
Jean-Gabriel) PROMENADES OU ITINÉRAIRE DES
JARDINS DE CHANTILLY, Orné D'un Plan Et De Vingt
Estampes Qui En Représentent Les Principales Vues,
Dessinées Et Gravées par Mérigot.
Paris: Chez Desenne, 1791. First edition. An anonymous descriptive guide and illustrated view book for one of the most celebrated picturesque gardens in France. The first gardens at Chantilly were laid out in the 16th century, but Louis II de Bourbon (the "Grande Condé") employed LeNôtre to redesign and enlarge them between 1663 and 1686. The large, marshy site and its proximity to the River Nonette allowed for extensive and varied use of water in the composition of formal gardens on a vast scale. Le Nôtre regarded them as one of his greatest achievements. In the eighteenth century the gardens were again altered and enlarged and were among the earliest and most prominent examples of the French "picturesque" style. It is these gardens which figure most prominently in the present work. The jardin anglais laid out by Jean-Francois Leroy in 1774 included a pond, cascades, a canal, vine-covered trellises, and other picturesque features. The rustic "Hameau," built in 1775, became a model for those built in many French fermes ornées of the period, including the Petit Trianon. Most of these features are illustrated by the plates included here. The text, which describes the gardens and provides some history of the chateau, was published anonymously. Ganay and the Bibliothèque Nationale both attribute it René-Louis de Girardin, creator of the gardens of Ermenonville. It is, however, more generally attributed to his son, Stanislas de Girardin, who is also frequently (and questionably) cited as the author of a similar guide to Ermenonville. The two guides were both illustrated with aquatint engravings by Jean-Gabriel Mérigot, whose name is also often given as the author of both works. 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm); (iv) + 60 pp. + folding plan and 20 aquatint plates. Ganay 130; Berlin Cat 3477. Contemporary boards, recently rebacked in leather; a portion of the type on two leaves has been effaced (or was not properly inked when printed) and the missing letters have been filled in by hand. $1,800.00
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(Children's
Fashions)
(PAQUIN) ALBUM OF PENCIL DRAWINGS OF CHILDREN'S
FASHIONS. . 20 original pencil renderings of children's fashions on sketching paper encased in a light mounting stock. On the reverse of one sketch is written "Souvenir de 'Nemère' or 'Memère'." Each sketch is of one child in an outfit, and 6 of the sketches have pencilled captions such as "Cosquette en Maroquin Veste et Pantalon de Nonkin." Some sketches are numbered. Pencilled in French above the notation of "Souvenir de Nemère" is the notation "20 Dessins originaux ...executés ...pour la Maison de Couture Paquin (Collection pour enfants)..." We cannot at present authenticate the Paquin association, and it is impossible to say whether or not the album is complete as it was originally conceived, but the sketches and the designs they portray are sophisticated and elegant. And, most interestingly, the poses of the children in dress are natural and suggestive of play or repose. The appearance of the album would put the date before WWI. Disbound oblong album, 23.7 x 31.5 cm; 12 leaves with 20 original pencilled drawings; some , but not all sketches numbered. Album disbound without covers; paper is lightly foxed throughout the album. $700.00
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COTTON, Charles. THE PLANTERS
MANUAL: Being Instructions For The Raising, Planting, And
Cultivating All Sorts Of Fruit-Trees, Whether Stone-Fruits Or
Pepin-Fruits, With Their Natures And Seasons. Very Useful For Such As
Are Curious In Planting And Grafting. London: Printed
For Henry Brome, 1675. First edition. This is an unacknowledged translation of a French work, INSTRUCTIONS POUR LES ARBRES FRUITIERS, written by Robert Triquel (or Triquet) and first published anonymously in France in 1653. Cotton is best known as a poet and fishing companion of Issak Walton, but he was also a linguist and published several translations from the French, including the complete works of Montaigne. In spite of this, he also appears to have been something of a Francophobe, and in his preface, after recommending the superiority of their imported trees, feels nevertheless compelled to attack the French as being "altogether debauch'd by their effeminate manners, luxurious kickshaws, and fantastik fashions, by which we are already sufficiently Frenchified." That the best English pomology of his day was also being "Frenchified" goes without notice. Cotton was not the only English author to translate French books on fruit culture. Evelyn, most notably, had already translated Robert d'Andilly's LA MANIERE DE CULTIVER LES ARBRES FRUITIERS (under the English title THE MANNER OF ORDERING FRUIT TREES) and later also translated de La Quintinie. These books were particularly important for bringing to England the significant 17th century French advances in espalier cultivation and other practices. It was not until the 18th century that English growers could describe these new methods from sufficient practical experience on their own soil. Cotton's edition does offer one enhancement of the French original: it adds an appealing illustrated title page engraved by F. H. van Houe. On it is depicted a large field with several laborers engaged in a variety of agricultural pursuits. This engraving is found in at least two states. The earliest state includes the engraver's name in the lower right-hand corner; the second state does not include the engraver's name and has been reduced by roughly half a centimeter along the right edge. The copy offered here has the engraved title in the earlier state. 8vo (14 x 9.5 cm); (viii, including initial blank) + 139 pp. + engraved illustrated title, inserted opposite letterpress title. In some copies the two final leaves, K7 and K8, include advertising. In our copy, like most others for which we can find collations, these leaves are lacking, and there is no evidence of their ever having been bound in. Oak Spring Pomona 8; Henrey 42; Hunt 337. Contemporary blind ruled calf, scuffed and worn, spine and corners skillfully restored. $2,250.00
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(Cut
Paper Flower Collages) EXQUISITE
PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER
DESIGNS. (France), Juin 1848.
A lovely album preserving ten delicate and meticulously prepared cut paper flowers. The album is inscribed on the front fly leaf "Souvenir à Mlle. Heloise Bigaud / Hector de D. Juin 1848" and was almost certainly specially prepared as a gift of friendship (or courtship). The front cover displays the gilt initials "H. B." in gothic letters framed within a decorative gilt border. The flowers themselves are cut from various multi-colored papers. The minute detail and perfect composition of several of these flower "collages" make these exceptional examples of this popular genre. Folio (40 x 28.5 cm); 10 cut paper flowers pasted inside folded sheets of paper and mounted on larger album leaves + two additional chromolithographed illustrations of flower bouquets. Contemporary gilt-embossed cloth with decorative leather spine; occasional minor and inevitable damage to the fragile cut paper designs, but in general nicely well preserved. $3,000.00
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DEARN, T(homas).D(ownes).W(ilmot). DESIGNS
FOR LODGES AND ENTRANCES TO PARKS, PADDOCKS, AND
PLEASURE-GROUNDS, In The Gothic, Cottage, And Fancy Styles;
With Characteristic Scenery And Descriptive Letter-Press.
London: J. Taylor, 1823. "New edition," first published in 1811. A pattern book of Regency period gate houses and park lodges attractively illustrated in their appropriate picturesque landscape settings. Dearn stresses the importance of lodges as a key to introducing the character of the house whose approach they guard. He offers examples in "Regular," Gothic, Cottage and "Modern fancy style," some incorporating rustic features such as lattice, thatch and tree trunk columns. Most of the plates are enhanced with scenery, which he hoped would "afford some useful hints for Planting." Dearn was an architect who lived and practiced in Kent and produced a descriptive account of the weald of Kent as well as other works on public buildings and building methods. In his 1806 SKETCHES IN ARCHITECTURE he identified himself as architect to the Duke of Clarence. Folio (34 x 26 cm); (viii) + 20 plates of which 19 contain sepia tinted aquatint views + 19 pp. of text describing the plates. Archer 59.2; Abbey Life 12 (1811 edition). Contemporary half morocco with raised bands, gilt-ruled compartments and gilt lettering; marbled boards, scuffed and bumped at corners; some browning or light soiling, mostly to preliminary pages, but plates are largely fresh and clean. $1,800.00
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(DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, A. J.) DANREITER, Franz Anton
(translator). HERRN ALEXANDER BLONDS NEUERÖFNETE
GÄRTNER-AKADEMIE Oder die Kunst Pracht- und Lust-
Gärten samt dererselben Auszierungen und Wasserwerken wohl
anzulegen mit drei- und dreissig Kupfer-Taffeln versehen / und aus dem
Französischen ins Deutsche übersetzet von Franz Anton
Danreitter. Augsburg: Johann Andreas
Pfeffel, 1753. Second German edition of Dezallier's LA THORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE. This edition is complete with the full complement of 39 plates, including frontispiece. The work was first published in French in 1709 and then reprinted and enlarged in several later editions. It effectively codified the design principles of the French formal garden as established by LeNôtre and continued in print for nearly three-quarters of the eighteenth century. "France did not become mistress of Europe in garden art merely because of such of her examples as could be copied; of almost equal importance was the wide popularity of a book which first appeared anonymously in France in 1709 under the title THEORIE ET PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE... Never before did a book lay down the principles of any style so surely and so intelligibly in instructive precepts." (Gothein, HISTORY OF GARDEN ART, volume II, pg 111). The most prominent Germanic exponent of the French formal style was the Austrian F. A. Danreiter, who spent several years in France in the 1720s before returning to Salzburg, where he spent the remainder of his career serving as Garden Director of the major gardens there. Danreiter's translation of Dezallier, first published in 1731, was the single most important source for the spread of the French formal style across German-speaking Europe during the eighteenth century. While the title page of this edition calls for only 33 plates, the present copy includes a full set of 39 plates. The plate count varies among different copies of this work, even within the same edition, with many copies having either 33 or 35 plates. Copies with all 39 plates are uncommon. 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm); folding title + (vii) + 368 + (2) pp. + 38 folding engraved plates + engraved frontispiece. Berlin Cat 3464 (1731 ed); Springer pg. 37. Contemporary paper-covered boards, spine worn; text clean and tight; generally a well-preserved copy. $2,800.00
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(DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, A. J.) LA THEORIE
ET LA PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE. Ou L'On Traite A Fond Des
Beaux Jardins appellés communément Les Jardins De
Propreté, Comme sont Les Parterres, Les Bosquets, Les
Boulingrins, &c... The Hague: Chez Pierre
Husson, 1711. First Dutch edition of the most influential work on garden design of the eighteenth century. It effectively codified the design principles of the French formal garden and continued in print for at least six decades. "France did not become mistress of Europe in garden art merely because of such of her examples as could be copied; of almost equal importance was the wide popularity of a book which first appeared anonymously in France in 1709 under the title THEORIE ET PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE... Never before did a book lay down the principles of any style so surely and so intelligibly in instructive precepts." (Gothein, HISTORY OF GARDEN ART, volume II, pg 111.) This edition, published in Holland, is the first of many pirated editions to appear outside of France. It carefully follows the original Paris edition, even in its pagination, and the plates are nicely engraved by J. Lamsvelt with strong dark impressions. 4to (25.8 x 20 cm); (xii) + 208 pp. with numerous engraved text illustrations and ornaments + 32 folding plates (chiefly garden plans). Recent quarter vellum with red leather spine label and gilt lettering; marginal foxing of a few plates, but generally a clean and attractive copy. $2,500.00
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EXPLICATION DES OUVRAGES ET DESSINS,
SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE ET GRAVURE, Exposés au
Musée central des Arts, d'après l'Arrété du
Ministre de l'Intérieur, le1er. Thermidor, an VI de la
République française. Paris:
L'Imprimerie Des Sciences et Arts, (1797). Descriptive catalogue of art exhibited at the Paris salon of 1798. 12mo (15 x 9 cm); (iv) + 100 pp. Early paper-covered boards; backstrip partly perished; two sheets with contemporary manuscript notes tipped in. $250.00
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(Fashion)
ALMANACH
DES MODES Première Année
Paris: chez Rosa, 1814. Colas #97. First year of this French fashion almanach. This issue also includes a section on China. 12mo (12.8 x 8 cm); xii + 276 pp. + 6 hand-colored plates and colored vignette on title page. Original printed pink paper-covered boards, some soiling, with pink leather spine, soiled; internally fresh with very infrequent light foxing; plates bright. $240.00
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(FONTAINE, P.F.L.) NOTICE SUR LA
CONSTRUCTION ET LA DÉDICACE DE LA CHAPELLE
SAINT-LOUIS, Érigée Par Le Roi Des
Français Louis-Philippe Premier, La 11e année de son
règne (1841), Sur Les Ruines De L'Ancienne Carthage, Près
De Tunis. Paris: Imprimerie De Fain Et
Thunot, 1841. 2A monograph on the Chapelle Saint-Louis erected on the ruins of Carthage by King Louis-Phillipe of France to honor his ancestor King Louis IX (Saint Louis), who had died in Tunis on the way to the crusades. The work is attributed to Fontaine by Barbier. 4to (33 x 26 cm); 22 pp. + 9 plates (2 double). Contemporary quarter leather with patterned paper-covered boards. $1,000.00
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(Indian
Flowers) ALLEN,
Mrs. THE VIEWS AND FLOWERS FROM GUZERAT AND
RAJPOOTANA. Dedicated, by permission to The Viscount and
Viscountess Falkland. London: Paul Jerrard,
n.d.(ca. 1860). A scarce and appealing color plate gift book depicting the native flowers and familiar scenery of colonial India. The author's husband, the Rev. G. L. Allen, was a chaplain in the region around Deesa and Mount Aboo. Mrs. Allen's text, printed in red, alternatively describes exotic Indian flowering plants and significant local sites that would have been of interest to British travelers, but of greatest interest are the vibrant hand colored lithographic plates which illustrate these subjects. The botanical plates consist of a floral spray frontispiece, "Mountain Ebony or Banhinia," "Karbee/Wild Flower," "White Elephant creeper and yellow hibiscus," "The Jungle Tree, Torri and Iron Tree," "The Jungle Tree, Seymal and Wild Pomegranate," and "The Ink Tree & Stramonium." Each of these illustrations are rendered in strong but delicately applied color and often show an appropriate indigenous insect or butterfly in the composition. The six plates of scenery present views ranging from that of the "Aboo Lawrence School" to the "Shah Baugh or Royal Garden." The volume, typical of the popular decorative gift books published by Paul Jarrard, is an epitome of the Victorian English taste, both esthetically and in its joined subjects: empire and flowers. Quarto (27 x 18.5 cm); 15 ff. including hand-colored lithographed frontispiece, 12 color plates, text printed in red + 1 page of publisher's ads printed in gilt. Original decorative green cloth with gilt Indian motif and floral design and gilt title lettering on upper cover, lightly soiled and rubbed at extremities, spine ends gently worn; internally tight as well as fresh and bright. $2,900.00
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(Karlsruhe)
THRAN,
Christian. HORTUS CAROLSRUHANUS In Tres
Ordines Digestus Exhibens Nomina Plantarum Exoticarum, Perrennium &
Annuarum, Quae Aluntur Per Christianum Thran, Horti Praefectum. Accedit
Aurantrum Cilreorum, Limonumque Malorum Catalogus Auctore Josua
Rislero. Loeraci: Literis Samuelis Augusti de la
Carriere, 1747. Rare catalogue of the important collection of plants growing in the gardens at Karl Wilhelm's palace at Karlsruhe, where Thran was the head gardener. Karl Wilhelm had sent Thran on a three year expedition to northern Africa in the early 1730s and the fruits of his plant hunting, along with the lavish expenditures of his patron, helped Thran to assemble what was in its day one of the most impressive collections of rare and exotic garden plants in all of Europe. Altogether 2993 plants are listed with brief annotations, together with a separate catalogue, prepared by J. Risler, of 154 fruit trees. Rare. Not in Hunt, and Pritzel lists only Thran's much shorter INDEX PLANTORUM of 1731. OCLC locates only 2 copies (both in France). 8vo (18 x 10 cm); xiv + 224 + 14 + (2) pp. Contemporary calf; spine ends worn, short split in lower front joint. $2,500.00
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LA QUINTINYE, (Jean-Baptiste de)
INSTRUCTION POUR LES JARDINS FRUITIERS ET POTAGERS, Avec Un
Traité Des Orangers, Suivy de Quelques Réflexions Sur
L'Agriculture. Paris: Claude Barbin,
1690. First edition of what must be regarded as the most influential book in the history of pomology. Although trained as a lawyer, a visit to the gardens of Italy in 1656 while serving as tutor to the son of Jean Tombonneau produced in La Quinitinie an interest in horticulture which he pursued upon his return to France. His genius was readily recognized by a series of wealthy employers, including the Prince de Condé at Chantilly and Colbert at Sceaux. He also worked alongside Le Notre in creating the jardin potager for Fouquet at Vaux-le-Vicomte, and when the envious Louis XIV put Fouquet in jail and seized Vaux for himself, La Quintinie was sent with Le Notre to Versailles. After first taking charge of the old fruit and vegetable gardens there he designed and oversaw the construction of the new Potager du Roi between 1677 and 1683. It survives very much intact to this day. La Quintinie traveled to Italy and England to study the state of horticulture in those countries. In England he visited Evelyn and reputedly refused an offer from Charles II to take charge of the royal gardens there. La Quintinie was particularly famous for producing fruits and vegetables out of season. He conducted numerous experiments toward this end and did much to perfect the art of forcing. His INSTRUCTION POUR LES JARDINS FRUITIERS ET POTAGERS offers an instructive treatise based on the results of these experiments and discoveries. He made extensive use of espalier planting at Versailles, a new technique introduced to him by Arnauld D'Andilly. His careful observations on this new practice, along with engraved illustrations, are included here, along with his directions for significant new techniques in pruning and grafting. In addition to his practical instructions there is a detailed description of the gardens at the Potager du Roi accompanied by a folding engraved plan. A comprehensive 68 page dictionary of French horticultural terms is provided (the earliest such dictionary we are aware of) and this alone makes the book invaluable to the study of early gardening practices in France. The work's authority was immediately recognized. A pirated edition appeared in Amsterdam within two years, followed by numerous other reprints in Paris, Amsterdam and elsewhere. John Evelyn wrote a translation which appeared in London in 1693, and others freely plagiarized or adapted the text throughout the 18th century. In spite of its immediate success the first edition is notoriously rare. It was not a book destined to sit unused on the shelf and thus very few copies have survived complete in their original bindings. OCLC locates only four American libraries with copies, which is a remarkably small census for a book of such long established importance. It is not found in the Hunt Catalogue (which does include several later editions and translations) nor is it listed in Musset-Pathay (which cites a later edition only), Plesch MILLE ET UN LIVRES, or Cleveland. The Oak Spring copy is incomplete. Two volumes, 4to (25.3 x 18.2 cm); (iv) + 522 + (2), 568 pp. with nine engraved vignettes and three garden plans + frontispiece portrait + folding garden plan + 12 plates of tools and pruning methods. Oak Spring Pomona #1 (incomplete); Pritzel 5075. Contemporary full mottled calf; tips worn, spine nicked, and short split on lower joint of volume one; early underling on a few pages in the section on orange trees, and occasional mild browning of text, but overall a well preserved copy in its original binding. $7,000.00
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LABIA, Carlo. HORTO SIMBOLICO
Che Con Gieroglifici de varii Alberi, e diuerse Piante rappresenta le
Virtu singulari d'alcuni Santi, e Molte Sante...
Venice: Nicolo Pezzana, 1700. First edition. A rare emblem book equating the virtues of 50 saints with the characteristics of specific plants, trees and shrubs. Of interest for both the quality of the finely engraved emblems and the erudite floral symbolism connecting the virtues of saints to those of individual flowers. The frontispiece, engraved title and printed title vignette are all signed by Isabella Piccini, a Venetian nun who illustrated many similar works. The remaining emblems are not signed but may be presumed to also be the work of Piccini, who was among the most notable female Italian artists of the period. The work is rare, with OCLC locating only the V&A and University of Utrecht copies. The Italian union catalogue (ICCU) locates only two additional copies. Folio (31.4 x 21.4 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved decorative title; engraved title vignette on letterpress title; (x) + 594 + (xii) pp. with decorative initials and decorative tail piece devices and 50 emblematic engravings of plants at the head of each section, each measuring approximately 12 x 14.5 cm. Landwehr 425; Praz, "A Bibliography of Emblem Books" pp. 392-393. Contemporary full leather, gilt tooled spine panels, gilt tooled spine label (possibly a bit later); old scuffing to leather, corners skillfully restored. $4,000.00
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LE LANDSCAPE FRANÇAIS.
FRANCE. Paris: Louis Janet,
1834. Illustrated with twelve aquatint plates from drawings by Turner (5), Chapuy (3), Rouargue (2), and Colin (2). 8vo (19.4 x 12.5 cm); viii + 240 pp. + lithographed pictorial title and 12 plates. Original quarter morocco with pictorial gilt spine and moiré paper-covered boards; a fine copy. $380.00
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LECOQ, (Louis-Marie). LE
PAYSAGISTE. Nouveau Traité D'Architecture De Parcs
Et Jardins (École Moderne). Paris: Chez
L'Auteur, 1860. First edition. Lecoq was a student and disciple of Gabriel Thouin, whose PLANS RAISONNÉS DE TOUTES ESPECES DE JARDINS he cites in his introduction as the only prior authoritative French treatise on garden design. His insistence on nature as the sole model for garden design allowed no room for the style mixte and thus put him in conflict with the school of landscape gardeners, lead by Alphand, who were then remaking the Parisian park system. Lecoq is more than frank in his criticisms of the recent transformations made to the Bois de Boulogne, Tuileries, Jardin d'Acclimatation and Jardin de Luxembourg. For the latter of these he even prepared his own alternative plan, reproduced as plate 30, which shows the Luxembourg Gardens converted into a "jardin pittoresque" given over entirely to a sinuous stream and serpentine paths. Around these were to be planted 411 different varieties of plants, trees and shrubs, all carefully numbered and noted on the plan. The other plans that illustrate the work adapt the same style of layout and planting to a wide variety of sites and uses. Nearly all of Lecoq's gardens and parks also included picturesque and rustic garden structures. These fabriques are illustrated separately alongside each plan and include gazebos, chalets, belvederes, bridges, huts, etc. designed as chinoiserie, or in rustic, turkish or other exotic styles. Lecoq was also adamant in denying the ability of architects - or, more precisely, "architectes de bâtiments" - to design gardens or parcs. He styled himself, by contrast, as an "Architecte de Parcs et Jardins." Folio (47.5 x 31 cm); (iv) + xii + 70 ff. + 32 lithographed plates. Contemporary quarter morocco with paper-covered boards; boards worn at corners; text foxed, but plates clean. $2,400.00
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MANDAR, (Charles François).
DÉTAILS DE CONSTRUCTION D'UNE MAISON Donnée
Pour L'Instruction De Messieurs Les Élèves De
L'école Royale Des Ponts et Chaussées Par M Mandar
Ingénieur En Chef, Professeur D'Archite[cture] Année
1818. Paris: Lithographie des Ponts et
[Chausées], 1818. The rare first edition of this early example of the use of lithography for the publication of architectural drawings. Charles-François Mandar (1757-1844) began his career as a military engineer and joined the corps of the Ponts et Chaussées in 1798; but he was also involved in architecture as early as 1792 (the year in which he designed the "pavillon" on which the designs in this book are based); and in 1818 - the year in which his DÉTAILS DE CONSTRUCTION FIRST appeared - he was Ingénieur en Chef and Professeur d'Architecture at the École Royale des Ponts et Chausées. These plans and details for a country house were published on the presses at the École and were intended solely for the use of his students at the École during the following years. Only 250 copies were printed. The idea of publishing a work in such a small quantity and in such microscopic detail specifically as a teaching device for students would have been out of the question using the graphic techniques of the eighteenth century. The cost of 100 engraved plates would have been prohibitive. However, the invention of lithography at the end of the eighteenth century provided a process by which drawings could be reproduced relatively easily and inexpensively, as the technique involved closely resembled the drawing process itself. Lithography caught on more slowly in France than in Germany or in England; and the first real activity occurred there around 1816-1817 (cf. Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, pp. 41-57), in the years immediately preceding Mandar's publication in 1818. The École Royale des Ponts et Chausées - as an engineering school interested in technological innovations - was among the first places to have a lithographic press installed (cf. Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 110). Thus this 1818 edition of Détails de construction d'une maison is amongst the earliest examples - if not the earliest - of the application of lithography to the reproduction of an entire series of architect's drawings. By 1826 the 250 lithographed copies had evidently been exhausted. In that year a new enlarged edition appeared in which all the plates were engraved rather than lithographed. That work was intended for a different and larger audience than the original, offered here, which was produced only for the use of Mandar's students and is much rarer, and more interesting, as a result. OCLC locates only 5 copies (3 in the US) in addition to copies at the Getty and CCA. There are no copies in COPAC and it is not in the British Architectural Library Early Printed Books Catalogue (though the later edition is). Folio (48 x 31.5 cm); lithographed or etched vignettes of putti flanking classical herme on recto and Greek vase on verso (not present in other copies) + title page lithographed by le Barbier l'Ainé + 103 lithograph plates, of which numbered plates 1 to 100 (2 folding), 2 unnumbered plates at the end with details of various numbered plates, and a final unnumbered plate of the villa in a park setting + lithograph index. Nineteenth-century green quarter calf (repaired) titled in gilt, marbled boards, edges untrimmed; minor rubbing and wear at edges of boards, repaired section at fore edge of front blank, some pages faintly browned, occasional spot of foxing or surface soiling, and faint stab marks at fore edge of some plates but overall a very good copy. $2,800.00
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MANGLES, James. THE FLORAL CALENDAR,
MONTHLY AND DAILY. With Miscellaneous Details Relative To
Plants And Flowers, Gardens And Greenhouses, Horticulture And Botany,
Aviaries, Etc. London: Printed For Private
Distribution, 1839. First and only edition. This charming little volume offers much detailed information on the use of flowers for decorative effect inside the home as well as providing valuable lists of nurserymen and their specialties. Mangles draws from a variety of contemporary sources in addition to his own practical experience and gives a fascinating insight into the tastes and activities of the wealthy urban gardener of the early Victorian period. Of greatest interest here, however, are the twelve lovely color plates, including several which show the use of potted plants in window and exterior displays. Among the more striking illustrations are a section view of a conservatory showing a porcelain-fronted flower stand, a view of the conservatory from a decorated window, specimens of tiles for the facing of flower boxes, and a suggestion for a morning or breakfast room with an attached conservatory and aviary. The plates are delicately hand-finished with water colors and, in some cases, highlighted in gilt. They are finely executed and serve to illustrate early 19th century decorative art as well as gardening practice. Originally published for private distribution only, and consequently quite scarce. Some copies were also issued with only a few of the color plates. 16mo (15.8 x 9.7 cm); (iv) + xx + 156 pp. with wood-engraved text illustrations + 12 color plates. Original morocco with gilt title device and floral decorations on front and back cover, recently skillfully rebacked in leather with raised bands; all edges gilt; light to moderate foxing on a few plates; two plates have mild stains in their margins. ***Presentation inscription at top of title page. $1,000.00
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(Marbelizing)
MODELES DE MARBRES. Paris: Libraririe
Centrale D'Architecture, Ve A. Morel & Co. 1875. First edition, thus; the models are extracted from the first twenty years of the JOURNAL MANUEL DE PEINTURES. In all there are 50 large color lithographed plates showing various types of marbelized expanses framed by more "faux" marble for interior wall paneling. With painting instructions by Mm. Petit et Bisiaux and by M. Berthelon. Folio (44.7 x 30 cm); (iv) + (1-) 19 pp. + 50 color lithographic plates bound on stubs. Contemporary half morocco with marbled boards and endpapers, raised spine bands with gilt titling and ruling; lateral tear on title page mended; scattered foxing to preliminaries, not affecting plates. $1,000.00
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MOREL, J(ean)-M(arie). THÉORIE DES
JARDINS, Ou L'Art Des Jardins De La Nature.
Paris: Panckoucke, 1802. The enlarged and partially revised second edition, which includes significant material supplementing the original version of 1776. The newly added preface (128 pages) provides, among other things, an extended commentary on writings on garden design published since the first edition. There are also 75 pages of end notes and a new 100 page section on trees, consisting primarily of a "Tableau Dendrologique" listing the various features of over 1000 varieties of trees. Morel's THEORIE, following shorter works by Girardin and Watelet, presented the most thorough treatise on the new theories of natural garden design which dominated French taste at the end of the 18th century. It was also the first treatise on garden design in the natural style (French or English) to have been written by a professional rather than an amateur. Morel's practical experience is evident throughout, which may help account for the high esteem in which the book was held by French landscape gardeners far into the nineteenth century. Drawing heavily on Whately's OBSERVATIONS ON MODERN GARDENING, Morel rejected the formal symmetry of classical French gardens in favor of the picturesque and "natural" style associated with the English. He did not, however, actually visit England and its gardens until after the publication of the first edition, and the comments he added to this edition are the first to reflect first-hand experience of the places Whately had described. All these additions make this the generally preferred edition for purposes of study. Two volumes, 8vo (21 x 14 cm); (viii) + cxxviii + 234 + (1, errata), (iv) + 340 + (2, errata) pp. + engraved frontispiece. Original plain blue paper wraps with printed spine labels; last three leaves of volume one stained; some margin soiling of first two leaves of volume two; a wide-margined copy with text with edges untrimmed. $1,250.00
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(Paris
Exposition 1834) FLACHAT,
Stephane. L'INDUSTRIE. Exposition de 1834.
Paris: L. Tenré, 1834. The illustrated catalogue of the French Industrial Exposition of 1834. This was the eighth major French Exposition, and the first to be held in buildings erected specifically for its use. Flachat's text provides an extensive commentary on the products and inventions exhibited in all categories as well as offering a history of the 7 expositions which had preceded it (the last having been in 1827). A complete copy with the full complement of 38 lithographed plates depicting examples of products displayed. Only 20 plates are called for in the text and some copies appeared with only that number. 4to (27.5 x 19 cm); 160 pp. + lithographed title and 38 engraved lithographed and engraved plates. Recently rebound in quarter cloth with marbled paper boards; scattered foxing. $1,000.00
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(Paris
Exposition 1889) MARX,
Roger. LA DÉCORATION ET L'ART INDUSTRIEL A
L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1889. Conférenece Faite
Au Congrès de la Société Centrale Des Architectes
Français dans la salle de l'hémicycle de l'École
nationale des beaux-arts le 17 juin 1890. Paris:
Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, 1890. One of 370 copies (from a total edition of 400). 4to (32.5 x 22.5 cm); 5 - 60 pp. with numerous text illustrations. Original paper wraps, soiled; backstrip torn with some loss. *** Signed presentation inscription by the author: "L'art complet, c'est l'utile et le beau mélé. L'art c'est la civilisation rayonnant." $400.00
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(Paris
Exposition 1889)
DELLANOY. LES FONTAINES LUMINEUSES A L'EXPOSITION DE
1889. Paris: Bernard Tignol,
1889. Illustrated pamphlet with technical details on the illuminated fountains at the Paris Exposition of 1889. Pamphlet 8vo (24.5 x 16 cm); 18 pp. with 12 wood-engraved text illustrations. Original printed paper wrappers; spine edge worn; wrapper nicked; thread broken and leaves loose. $100.00
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(Perfume
label printing) (J.
Makowsky Corporation) WORK OF ART
N.P., N.D. (ca. 1933. No. 42 of two hundred signed copies printed for the friends of printers, J. Makowsky Corporation. The book was published to demonstrate the firm's twelve-color printing technique used for producing the label for perfumer Caron's famous Fleurs De Rocaille fragrance. Fleurs De Rocaille (not to be confused with the later Fleur de Rocaille) was created by Ernest Daltroff, founder of the Parisian House of Caron for the new "woman on the move." Caron chose Makowsky to print the label for the perfume, a miniature pattern in a variety of hues, because of their specifications for a twelve color printing process which is demonstrated step by step in this booklet. Each color step is presented on a glossy sheet with printed tissue guard. The culminating color image is shown going through two protective finishes or "glacés" and being presented as a label ready for die-cutting. Spiral bound booklet 12 x 15 cm. 34 ff. most printed in colors, with 26 printed tissue guards. Original stiff paper covers with multi-color label pasted down. $200.00
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REID, John. THE SCOTS GARD'NER
In Two Parts. The First Of Contriving and Planting Gardens, Orchards,
Avenues and Groves....The Second, Of The Propagation and Improvement of
Forrest and Fruit-trees, Kitchen-Herbs, Roots and Fruits: With Some
Physick-Herbs, Shrubs and Flowers...
Edinburgh: 1721. Second, enlarged edition. "We salute John Reid as the first and probably one of the most endearing of all Scottish gardeners ever to put pen to paper."(HUNT BOTANICAL CATALOGUE, Volume I, p. 388). His book was also the first to be addressed specifically to gardeners in Scotland, and it covers its subject comprehensively. In the first part he begins with design principles and provides directions for laying out and measuring avenues, walks, thickets, orchards, as well as instructions for making the kitchen and pleasure gardens ("Of Boxing for all Gardens"). Part two of the principle work is devoted to plant cultivation and includes an appendix on culinary use of the fruits of the garden. This is followed by THE GARD'NERS KALENDAR corrected, with large additions for this edition, with its own title page. The text concludes with a separate anonymous work entitled THE FLORIST'S VADE-MECUM which is not present in the first edition of 1683. Its subject is the raising of "the rarest flowers and plants." Reid was gardener to Sir George MacKenzie at Rosehaugh. 8vo (18.4 x 10.2 cm) (x) + 124 (i.e. 214), [pp.193 and 214 misnumbered] + (ii) + 54 + 24 pp., with printer's ornaments at each chapter, title page decoratively bordered + 4 engraved plates (printed 2 to a folding sheet) + frontispiece for the FLORIST'S VADE-MECUM. HUNT 368 (first edition of 1683); HENREY 329. Contemporary calf or sheep with gilt ruled spine and red leather lettering piece, old scuff marks and a dab of paint, but well oiled and preserved; numerous old penned notations to endpapers, mostly names and dates; text and plates with scattered old faded stains and ink spots; paper browned; old damp stain along upper margin and into gutter for the first 7 pages; some wrinkling of pages at lower corners; a well used but carefully preserved copy. $950.00
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SAGERET, P.F. ALMANACH ET ANNUAIRE DES
BATIMENS ET DE LA VOIRIE, A L'Usage Des Architectes,
Ingenieurs, Vérificateurs, Entrepreneurs, Constructeurs,
Proprietaires, Administrateurs, Directeurs et Chefs D'Ateliers Ou
D'Établissemens Industriels... Année 1832.
Paris: Au Bureau de l'Almanach de Batimens, 1832. An extensive directory of all the Parisian artisans, tradesmen and professionals connected in some way with architecture, building and public works. Includes architects, masons, carpenters, quarries, gilders, engineers, painters, sculptors, metalworkers, etc., etc. A separate section gives information on relevant public officials, regulations and rates, and a descriptive resumé of public works and improvements executed during the previous year. 12mo (13.4 x 8.8 cm); (18) + 339 pp. Contemporary mottled calf; faint stain on half-title. $250.00
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(SOCIÉTÉ DES AMATEURS DE JARDINS)
LA GAZETTE ILLUSTRÉE DES AMATEURS DE JARDINS.
Paris: 1913 - 1969. A complete run of all twenty-six issues of this luxurious garden periodical begun in 1913 for distribution to members of the Société Des Amateurs de Jardins. Each issue included articles on gardens (mostly French), generally accompanied by large and beautifully printed photographs, drawings, reproductions of early engravings, plans and, occasionally, watercolors. A short chronicle of society activities and an account of the gardens visited on their annual tours are also provided. J.C.N. Forestier contributed many articles (on: the 1925 Paris exposition; Arab gardens in Andalusia; new rose varieties; contemporary small gardens; historic gardens; and other topics). Lucien Corpechot was the most frequent contributor, but André Vera ("Jardin d'Amour"), Achille Duchêne ("Le Parc de Nordkirchen"; "Quelques projets de jardins") and Ernest de Ganay ("Les Jardins de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle"; "Le chateau de Champs"; "Coup d'oeil sur les Jardins de la Mediterranée") also appear. Other notable gardens which received special attention include: Saint Cloud, Méréville, Beloeil, Sceaux, Ermenonville, Marly, Vaux-le-Vicomte, and the Luxembourg Gardens. Sissinghurst appears in the last volume. Contemporary French garden exhibitions are reported on, and there is even a large illustrated article on American gardens designed by Jacques Gréber and Achille Duchêne. As evidenced from the luxurious quality of the printing and paper, the GAZETTE was intended for an elite and wealthy audience of French garden enthusiasts. Many of the issues include mounted color plates, most of them colored by Saudé. The photographs are all high quality mounted gravures. Those appearing in the folio issues are nearly all printed either by Paul & Vigier or (later) Vigier & Brunissen. The issues from before World War I were limited to 500 copies each while those from the 20s and 30s appeared in editions of only 250 to 350 copies. Publication was suspended during both World Wars. The scarce issue which covers the year 1940-1947 was the last to be issued in Folio format. The series continued with six additional volumes in 4to format published between 1952 and 1969, after which publication ceased. The great desirability of many individual issues, the limited number of copies printed and the long and irregular period of publication make complete sets quite rare. 26 volumes, Folio and 4to (50 x 34 cm). Ganay 393. Loose as issued in original printed paper wrappers; or in stiff-wrappers, boxed; occasional small tears and minor soiling of paper wrappers, but generally well preserved. $8,000.00
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(Trade
Catalogue - Architectural Decoration)
(UNION DES TUILERIES DU CENTRE-MACON)
CERAMIQUE DECORATIVE (Macon:)
1905. A cooperative wholesale trade catalogue illustrating in both color and in black and white a great variety of architectural ceramic decorations available to architects and "entrepreneurs." These include, cabochons and rosaces, metopes, frises, briques decorées, balustrades,consoles, pilastres, panneaux divers, statues, encadrements, vases, cartouches, plafonds emailles, etc. Two members of the cooperative are represented: Perruson Fils Et Desfontaines and Grande Tuilerie de Bourgogne a Monchanin. With printed tables of the decorative motifs offered and with color photographic reproductions of buildings to which the products have been applied. Stapled album in flexible board covers, 32 x 25 cm; (vi) + 27 plates; (iv) + 32 plates , printed in colors and in black and white. Original printed flexible boards, rust-spotted on spine, else very good. $400.00
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(Trade
Catalogue - Garden Ornament)
JACQUEMIN, E. FERS RUSTIQUES.
Paris: Chez L'Inventeur, 1866. A fascinating trade catalogue filled with illustrations of rustic iron garden furniture, ornaments and structures. Jacquemin invented and held a patent for manufacturing these "fers rustiques," which were essentially iron bars, in gauges from 9 to 40mm, laminated and formed to resemble rustic twigs and branches. The astonishing pieces illustrated in this volume are examples of objects and structures designed and constructed by him from these materials. Among them are 34 different garden chairs and benches, 15 types of fencing, several tables and plant stands, swinging cribs, aviaries, gates, 10 bridges, and numerous other similar garden furnishings. The final twelve plates each depict one of a variety of elaborate garden structures and rustic "chalets" as installed in park or garden settings. Unlike cast iron, Jacquemin's materials could be wrought, welded, cut and formed "à tous les contours, à toutes les combinaisons les plus capricieuses." He felt confident that his invention was "appelé à transformer complétement l'ornementation et l'ameublement de nos promenades publiques et de nos jardins." Folio (34.2 x 27 cm); (iv) + (2) pp. + 64 tinted lithograph plates (one double-page), including 52 numbered plates and 12 lettered plates. Original cloth-backed boards with gilt cover title; apart from occasional light foxing, a fine copy. $2,800.00
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(Trade Catalogue - Interior Design) (Pilon, Huet &
Rigotard) AVANT-PROPOS
HISTORIQUE DE LA REPRODUCTION EN IMPRESSION SUR TISSU DES SIX PANNEAUX
TAPISSERIES "Audience du Roy avant le Départ" Suivi
de Textes Complémentaires - Augmenté de six belles
planches coloriées reproduisant fidèlement les dites
tapisseries puis leur application dans la décoration de
différents intérieurs d'une heureuse composition,
d'après les aquarelles de Monsieur Adrien Simoneton.
Paris: Pilon, Huet & Rigotard, n.d. (ca 1900). An extravagant publication describing a series of tapestries, produced in reproduction of 18th century Gobelins tapestries, and offered for sale by Pilon Huet & Rigotard. Six fine chromolithographed plates, printed by Lemercier, show three of the tapestries and examples of contemporary interiors as they might be decorated by them. Oblong folio (37 x 50.5 cm); 10 pp. including 6 full page chromolithographic plates. Original cloth-backed boards; front inner hinge cracked, but otherwise well preserved. $430.00
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(Trade
catalogue - Interior Design)
Waring & Gillow. THE ARTISTIC EVOLUTION
OF THE ENGLISH HOME (London, n.d.,
ca 1905). A lavishly produced promotional book for the old and prestigious English furniture and decorating firm of Waring and Gillow, whose origins date back to the mid-eighteenth century. It is illustrated with numerous mounted gravure plates, from photographs and drawing, which show impressive examples of luxurious interiors recently designed, built and installed by them. Bound in vellum and printed in a limited edition of 300 copies, the volume was clearly intended for presentation to wealthly potential clients who might have commisioned them to create the sort of interiors shown in the book. A special section is devoted to the decoration of yacht interiors, and many of their clients were Americans. This volume seems to have been aimed in particular at attracting foreign clients who might have been interested in decorating their mansions in the various English period styles Waring & Gillow excelled in. Thus, a French translation of the text is also provided. 4to (31 x 24.7 cm); 36 + (2) pp. illustrated with half-tone + 25 mounted gravure plates. Original full vellum with gilt monogram on front cover; fine copy. $300.00
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(VAN DER VOORT, Pieter de la Court)
BYZONDERE AENMERKINGEN OVER HET AENLEGGEN VAN PRAGTIGE EN GEMEENE
LANDHUIZEN, LUSTHOVEN, PLANTAGIEN EN AENKLEVENDE CIERAEDEN:
Leiden: Abraham Kallewier, Jan en Herman
Verbeek, en Pieter vander Eyk, 1737. First edition of this comprehensive Dutch treatise on the creation and management of country-house gardens. It was written and published anonymously by van der Voort, "the first garden theorist of the Netherlands... Concerned with small country-house canal gardens, he advocated, like Dezallier d'Argenville, simplicity of line and the subordination of art to nature, with trees, hedges, bosquets, and water forming the main components." (Oxford Companion To Gardens, pg. 579). Der Voort was also a keen and astute pomologist and horticulturist. His work was highly regarded and was reprinted as late as 1766, as well as being translated into both French and German. The excellent plates which illustrate the work were engraved by Jan Wandelaar, J.C. Philips, J. van der Spyk and F. van Bleyswyck. 4to (25.5 x 19.5 cm); (v) + xix + 412 + (14) pp. + 12 folding engraved plates and 1 engraved text illustration. Recently rebound in quarter vellum with leather spine label. $2,000.00
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(VILMORIN) ALBUM VILMORIN/ PLANTES A
PRAIRIES. (Paris: Vilmorin,
ca. 1879). A scarce publication issued by the famous Vilmorin nursery firm of France comprising 9 large folding plates of forage plants and grasses.The size of the plates indicates that they were probably meant for display in an educational or agricultural setting. Rare. OCLC reports one copy only (Wageningen UR) and CCFr reports only one copy (BN). Nine large folding plates in folio, with four mounted sheets, each measuring 36 x 27.5 cm, thus each whole plate measuring 69.4 x 55 cm., printed in chromolithography from drawings by Rouyer & Godard; each of the nine plates with title: "Album Vilmorin/Graminées Fourragères" and with captions below identifying the plants illustrated. In original red cloth portfolio with brass corner guards, red morocco spine with raised bands, gilt decorations in panels and gilt title lettering; interior linen flaps with all ties present; plates with mild foxing or offsetting. $1,000.00
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