Lot 798
A.-J. Dezallier d'Argenville, La theórie et la pratique du jardinage. Paris 1747.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
798
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
Antoine-Joseph) (Dezallier d'Argenville
(Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph): La theorie et la pratique du jardinage, ou l'on traite a fond des beaux jardins appellés communément les jardins de plaisance et de propreté. Avec ... un traité d'hydraulique convenable aux jardins. Quatrième éd., rev. corr., augm. & enrichie de nouvelles planches. Paris: P.-J. Mariette 1747. 25 x 19 cm. With 49 copperplate plates, mostly double-page in size and folded. 6 leaves, 482 pages, 1 leaf. Marbled leather with a gold-embossed spine label and ornate spine decoration.
(Scratched and bumped; the leather has split at the front hinge. The edges are slightly browned in places and show some water stains.)
Cohen-Ricci 94. – See Cat. Ornamental Engraving Collection, Berlin 3463. Wimmer / Lauterbach 248. Fourth edition of the magnum opus by the Parisian natural historian Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville (1680–1765), first published in 1709. He designed purely ornamental gardens, thereby laying the foundations for garden design as an art form in its own right. Published in several editions and translated into English and German, it ranks among the most significant works in the field of garden design in the early 18th century. It features designs for his ornamental gardens: examples of flowerbed borders, terraced gardens, cascades, bosquets, trellises, fountains, etc.
(Scratched and bumped; the leather has split at the front hinge. The edges are slightly browned in places and show some water stains.)
Cohen-Ricci 94. – See Cat. Ornamental Engraving Collection, Berlin 3463. Wimmer / Lauterbach 248. Fourth edition of the magnum opus by the Parisian natural historian Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville (1680–1765), first published in 1709. He designed purely ornamental gardens, thereby laying the foundations for garden design as an art form in its own right. Published in several editions and translated into English and German, it ranks among the most significant works in the field of garden design in the early 18th century. It features designs for his ornamental gardens: examples of flowerbed borders, terraced gardens, cascades, bosquets, trellises, fountains, etc.