CHÉREAU, J(acques), publisher.   1er (2eme..., 3eme...) CAHIER DE PLUSIEURS GENRES DE TREILLAGES   éxécutés au Jardin Nle. des Plantes à Paris.    Paris: J. Chéreau, n.d. (ca   1795).          A fascinating collection of plates showing examples of bent-wood fences and gates erected at the Jardins des Plantes in Paris. This form of rustic trellis-work would have been suitable for use in the fashionable picturesque and naturalistic gardens of the period, and Chéreau, an active publisher of architectural pattern books, would have sold these designs for use by architects or amateurs seeking original models to use or adapt. Following Chéreau's standard format, the designs were issued in cahiers of four plates each, with individual plates numbered 1-4. Two different examples are illustrated on each plate. The set is quite rare. No copies are listed in OCLC or RLIN, and CCFR lists only the set at the Bibliotheque Forney.   Folio (25 x 37.5 cm); 12 engraved plates.   Berlin Cat. 2525 (bound with another work), Ganay 145 (from his own personal copy, bound as part of a larger recueil factice ).          Loose in protective portfolio. $900.00

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