SAINT-SAUVEUR, Hector (pseud. of Ch. Massin), editor.   LES BEAUX JARDINS DE FRANCE.   Introduction by R. Ed. André.    Paris: Ch. Massin, n.d. (ca.   1922).          The entire text portion was written by René-Edouard André, who provides an analytical précis of the history of garden design followed by a 10 page outline of general principles of landscape gardening in the "style mixte ou composite" first developed by his more famous father. The major portion of the volume, however, is devoted to a series of large and striking heliogravure plates showing several of André's own gardens, as well examples from the work of Jacques Gréber, Jules Vacherot, Jules Allemand and Albert Tournaire.   Folio (44.6 x 32.2 cm); 23 pp. + 44 heliogravure plates.   Ganay 407.          Loose in original cloth-backed portfolio, as issued; spine worn and recently rebacked, with old backstrip laid down; new ties; small rubber stamp on title. $300.00

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