5.      (Anonymous)   TROIS JOURS EN VOYAGE,   Ou Guide Du Promeneur A Chantilly, Mortefontaine Et Ermenonville Avec Trois Plans.    Paris: de L'Imprimerie de A. Belin,   1828.          First and apparently only edition of this rare guide book to the picturesque gardens of Chantilly, Ermenonville and Mortefontaine. The anonymous author is an articulate and well informed guide to the grounds, parks and gardens of these three domains, which he visits as an escape from Paris. The gardens are located north of the city in relatively close proximity to each other and would have been a popular destination for other visitors like him. For each he describes the approach to the site and walks the reader through the grounds while noting the statuary, important inscriptions, pavillions, ornaments, landscape features, watercourses, and views. He also provides a history of successive owners, designers and of the improvements they made. We learn, for example, the name of the concierge of the chateau at Mortefontaine and, while passing by its orangerie, we are told thatJoseph Bonaparte gave a dinner there in 1800 to honor a group of U.S. envoys, including Benjamin Franklin. The portion of text devoted to each place concludes with a folding plan which is keyed to locations mentioned in the text. Rare. OCLC locates the Boston Athenaeum and V & A copies only.   12mo (18 x 11 cm); 116 pp. + 3 folding engraved and hand-colored garden plans.   Ganay 206.          Original printed paper wrappers; some light to moderate foxing, but generally well preserved. $650.00

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