Girardin. De la composition des paysages. 1777
GIRARDIN, René-Louis de.
De la composition des paysages, ou des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations, en joignant l'agréable à l'utile.
Par R.-L. Gérardin ["sic"].
Genève, P.M. Delaguette, 1777.
600 €
8vo(18.8x11.6 cm), xiv-(2)-160 pages.
binding: Contemporary full fawn calf, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt flat spine, title in gilt on lettering-piece, marbled endpapers.
A little light soiled. Binding slightly rubbed. Headcaps carefully repaired.
First edition.
The author presents in this book the application of his theories on gardenning to create his domaine de Mortefontaine, near Ermenonville.
provenance: Ségres (gilt on first covers).
