BAC, Ferdinand (Sigismond).   JARDINS ENCHANTÉS   Un Romancero.       Paris: Louis Conard,   1925.          Ferdinand Bac, a German native who migrated to Paris in the nineteenth century, was a successful painter, author and book illustrator who later settled at Menton on the French Riviera. He designed several gardens for the unique semi-tropical mountains of that region, most notably Les Colombières. His imaginative and romantic Mediterranean gardens, both real and imaginary, influenced artists such as the architect and garden designer, Louis Barragan. Barragan was inspired, in particular, by the "enchanted" Hispano-Moorish gardens described in JARDINS ENCHANTÉS, few of which had actually been built, while most were pure fantasy. These are depicted in a series of evocative paintings reproduced in color. The text is a story, or "romancero," written to accompany the illustrations.   4to (27 x 21.6 cm); viii + 72 pp. + 36 color plates.            Original paper wraps lightly soiled; small piece (approx. 2 cm) torn from lower corner of front cover; backstrip nicked and ligthly worn. $500.00

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