La théorie et la pratique du jardinage, où l'on traite à fond des beaux jardins apellés communément les jardins de plaisance et de propreté, composés de parterres, de bosquets, de boulingrins, &c. [...]. Nouvelle édition.

4to: [8]-293-[11] pp. ((damp)staining, mostly in the margins, some browning, tear underl. with tape sl. touching pl. 5).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (joints and bands rubbed and starting to split, corners, head and tail repaired, later flyleaves).

Later edition (1st 1709) of an influential treatise on garden architecture and horticulture by the French author Dezallier d'Argenville (1680-1765). On later editions the name Alexander Le Blond appears because he made the designs for the plates. Ill. with 38 engr. plates (some double-page, other folding) by Mariette showing garden plans, pumps, fountains, etc. Numerous woodcut ill. in-text.
ref. De Ganay 45. - Boogaert-Damin, Piron, Images de jardins du XVIe au XXe siècle dans les collections de la Bibl. univ. Moretus Plantin, 1996, pp. 119-123. - Cp. BnF.