Theatre des jardinages [...].

8vo: [10]-298 pp.

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, sp. edges (corners, sides, joints and head def.).

Last posthumous edition of this treatise on gardening and horticulture by Mollet (1557-1647), first gardener to the king under Henry IV and then Louis XIII. Only the original edition, publ. in 1652 in 4to format, incl. engr. plates. This ed. with a treatise on the cultivation of flowers used to beautify gardens.
Ref. BnF.
Prov. A. de Kluys (bookpl. and stamps).