Les Jardins, ou L'Art d'Embellir les Paysages
by de Lille, l'Abbe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1782. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover 1st, a very nice copy in contemporary leather. Mottled leather with triple-rule border, dentelles, marbled endpapers, edges gilted over red stain, giving a coppery effect. All text pages are bright, straight and clean. The gilted edges are a bit dulled, as is the gilt-stamped spine. Corners bumped and worn; there is a gilt rule on the very edge of the boards, and it is rubbed or broken in numerous places. Overall vg+ despite the wear on the binding. Engraved frontis and title vignette; different from the vignette in the Valade-Cazin edition published later the same year. A poem outlining the author's philosophy of outdoor design, this book was terribly popular and went through many printings and translations very quickly. It was a major influence on British garden design which can still be detected today. 143 pp. French text.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4105
- Title
- Les Jardins, ou L'Art d'Embellir les Paysages
- Author
- de Lille, l'Abbe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Philippe-Denys Pierres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1782
- Keywords
- French
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Foreign Language;
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