(Mediterranean Gardens)(SOCIÉTÉ DES AMATEURS DE JARDINS)   LA GAZETTE ILLUSTRÉE DES AMATEURS DE JARDINS.   Années MCMXXXVI-MCMXXXVII       Paris:   (1937).          This issue of the Gazette is devoted to a long article by Ernest de Ganay on the French gardens of Provence entitled "Coup d'oeil sur les Jardins de la Méditerranée". It is lavishly illustrated with 25 heliogravure plates from photographs and 5 vibrant color plates, printed in pochoir by Jean Saudé, from watercolors by Leon Cossettini(2) and Roger de Montebello(3). The gardens included among the illustrations are: La Bordina; Villa Croisset; Cypris; Roquebrune; Les Zoraides; Lou Sueil; Villa Fiesole; La Leopolda; Rosemary; Les Cèdres; La Sauveté; Castellamare; Chateau d'Azur; La Bastide du Roy; Clairefontaine; Les Aspres; La Garoupe; La Malbosc; Castel Saint-François; Fiorentina; and La Croix-des-Gardes. No. 114 of 300 copies.   Two volumes, folio (52 x 34 cm); 32 pp. text with 9 gravure text illustrations from photographs + 25 plates with mounted heliogravure photographs + 5 color pochoir plates from watercolors.            Original printed paper wraps. $400.00

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