LA THEORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE. Ou L'On Traite A Fond Des Beaux Jardins appellés communément Les Jardins De Propreté, Comme sont Les Parterres, Les Bosquets, Les Boulingrins, &c...
The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, 1711. First Dutch edition of the most influential work on garden design of the eighteenth century. It effectively codified the design principles of the French formal garden and continued in print for at least six decades. "France did not become mistress of Europe in garden art merely because of such of her examples as could be copied; of almost equal importance was the wide popularity of a book which first appeared anonymously in France in 1709 under the title THEORIE ET PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE... Never before did a book lay down the principles of any style so surely and so intelligibly in instructive precepts." (Gothein, HISTORY OF GARDEN ART, volume II, pg 111.) This edition, published in Holland, is the first of many pirated editions to appear outside of France. It carefully follows the original Paris edition, even in its pagination, and the plates are nicely engraved by J. Lamsvelt with strong dark impressions. 4to (25.8 x 20 cm); (xii) + 208 pp. with numerous engraved text illustrations and ornaments + 32 folding plates (chiefly garden plans).
Recent quarter vellum with red leather spine label and gilt lettering; marginal foxing of a few plates, but generally a clean and attractive copy.
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FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
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A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
CIVIC ART. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
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CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
CIVIC ART. -
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COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
CIVIC ART. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
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ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
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AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
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CATALOGUE OF PATENT TERRA COTTA ENAMELED VASES. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
ETCHING. "View Of The Grotto Of Pan And Fame." -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
40 AGRICULTURAL COTTAGES IN CORNWALL. -
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AN UNUSUAL VIEW OF “CLAIES” COVERING A GLASSHOUSE. -
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DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE DE LA ROSE. -
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