[DEZALLIER d'ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Joseph]:... - Lot 6 - Richard Maison de ventes

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[DEZALLIER d'ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Joseph]:... - Lot 6 - Richard Maison de ventes
[DEZALLIER d'ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Joseph]: The theory and practice of gardening, which deals extensively with the beautiful gardens commonly known as pleasure and cleanliness gardens. With the necessary geometrical practices (...) and a treatise on hydraulics suitable for gardens. Fourth edition (...) considerably enlarged & enriched with new plates. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1760, One volume. 19 by 25.5 cm. 12]-482-[2] pages. And 49 folding plates (complete). Some woodcuts in the text. Full period marbled calf, spine 5 nerves, decorated boxes, red title piece (Defect at the bottom of the spine, light skins on the plates, bottom of the 1st plate burnished. In spite of these defects, a beautiful copy. Very good condition inside (a slightly crumpled board. New edition of this classic, considered to be the most complete. The 49 beautiful folding plates feature, according to Alexandre Leblond's drawings, flowerbeds, groves (including a labyrinth), lawn bowls, porticoes, terraces, stone and grass stairs, waterfalls, fountains, hydraulic installations. This is the book that will give its codes to the Jardin à la Française.
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