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La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage ou l'on Traite a fond des beaux Jardins appelles communement les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete, avec les Pratiques de Geometrie necessires pour Tracer sur le Terrein toutes sortes des Figurres et un Traite D'Hidraulique Convenable aux Jardins
by Dezallier, D'Argenville Antoine Joseph
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie, a l'image Notre Dame, 1760. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Quarto. [8], 482, [6] pages. Hardcover bound in original speckled calf with raised bands on the spine. The binding is worn but sound. Splitting to the front hinge running up about 3 inches from the foot to the lowest band. Spine a bit dry with some flaking and nicks to the leather. The binding is rubbed and has some scuffs. A sound copy. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Text is generally clean. Collates complete with 49 copperplate engravings, most which are folding. A decent example. First published in 1709, this is the Fourth edition and is the most expansive and heavily illustrated editions of this work. Text is in French.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Title
- La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage ou l'on Traite a fond des beaux Jardins appelles communement les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete, avec les Pratiques de Geometrie necessires pour Tracer sur le Terrein toutes sortes des Figurres et un Traite D'Hidraulique Convenable aux Jardins
- Author
- Dezallier, D'Argenville Antoine Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie, a l'image Notre Dame
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1760
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 4.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1760; D'Argenville Antoine Joseph Dezallier; Gardens; French language; Antiquarian; Collectible; Leather; Jardins; Rare; Woodcuts; Illustrated;
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Botany & Horticulture;
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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