L'art de former les jardins modernes, ou, L'art des jardins anglois : traduit de l'anglois : à quoi le traducteur a ajouté un discours préliminaire sur l'origine de l'art, des notes sur le texte, & une description détaillée des jardins de Stowe, accompagnée du plan
Reliure armoriee de l'epoque; maroquin rouge, triple cadre de filets avec fleurons aux angles et armes dores sur les plats, dos lisse entierement orne de motifs floraux dores, roulette doree interieure, tranches dorees sur marbrure.
Artwork Details
- Title: L'art de former les jardins modernes, ou, L'art des jardins anglois : traduit de l'anglois : à quoi le traducteur a ajouté un discours préliminaire sur l'origine de l'art, des notes sur le texte, & une description détaillée des jardins de Stowe, accompagnée du plan
- Publisher: Chez Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)
- Translator: François de Paule Latapie (French, 1739–1823)
- Author: Thomas Whately (British, died 1772)
- Date: 1771
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: lxiv, 406 p., 1 folded leaf of plates, plan, Height: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2009
- Object Number: SB472.32.E54 W48 1771
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