LA QUINTINYE (Jean-Baptiste de). Instruction for fruit and vegetable gardens. With a Treatise on orange trees. Et des Reflexions sur l'agriculture... A Paris, par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 2 vol. in-4, [4] f., XLVIII p., [4] f., 591 p. + [6] f., 587 p., [14] f. (table), pl., contemporary havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, tawny title and tomaison, ornate caissons, red edges (qq. defects including 2 uncovered headpieces, 1 dull corner; very slight and rare browning).
New edition revised, corrected and enlarged with an Instruction pour la culture des fleurs. It is illustrated with 13 copper-engraved plates (12 + 1), including 2 fold-outs, and a number of woodcut figures in the text. The first fold-out plate is a plan of the King's kitchen garden at Versailles; the others mainly illustrate tree pruning.
Provenance: Nicolas de Fresnoy, 1660-1730, marquis (engraved armorial bookplate).
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