DECAISNE AND HERINCQ (4 risultati)

Contenant: 1° Principes de BOTANIQUE; 2° de JARDINAGE; malière de MARCOTTER, GREFFER, DISPOSER et FORMER les ARBRES FRUITIERS; 3° CONSTRUCTION et CHAUFFAGE des SERRES 4° COMPOSITION et ORNEMENT des JARDINS; 5° HYDROPLASIE; 6° INSTRUMENTS et OUTILS de JARDINAGE. In 8° (cm. 17,5x10,9); pp. VII, (1), 460 + Antiporta illustrata + 43 TAVOLE numerate fuori testo firmate M.lle E. TAILLANT (illustratrice specializzata in botanica), "exemples nouveaux et chisis . parmi les plantes cultivés dans les jardins", e siglate da vari (ognuna preceduta da legenda / spiegazioni delle singole figure) (tracui 2 TAVOLE in rame più volte ripiegate e con strappi vistosi, ma senza perdite) e con ben 650 FIGURE XILOGRAFICHE nel testo (incl. strutture di giardini e serre). Mezza pelle coeva, titolo e filetti in oro al dorso che è integro e solido ma escoriato. Piatti in carta decorata ben coordinata. Tracce di fiori secchi a qualche pagina. Manuale tra i più importanti dell''800 con nozioni di agronomia, agricoltura, incl. architettura dei giardini e ingegneria idraulica. La data appare al dorso.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 8vo. vii + (1) + 404pp + 20pp publisher's book list. With engraved frontispiece, 44 engraved plates (2 folding), numbered 1-39, XXXI-XXXV (ie 44) - complete in reference to text (and as listed in supplementary book list), with no. XXXI clearly intended as 40, and 599 wood-engraved illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers preserved on boards. Encyclopaedic volume in 5 sections dealing with the elements of botany and horticulture, construction and heating of glasshouses, the composition and embellishment of the jardin paysager, parterre, verger, jardin fruitier and potager, the creation of fountains in a variety of exotic and ingenious shapes and the horticultural implements, with the inventor named where known. The section on 'hydroplasie' shows how to construct fountains in circular or gyratory motion forming shapes such as tulips with leaves, flower baskets or framed mirrors; tricks using water pressure are displayed - a chinese acrobat performs on a candlelit tablecloth, a whirling dervish dances high on a 'jet d'eau'. Both authors were associated with the Jardin des Plantes. The well-executed botanical plates were engraved by Mlle E. Taillant, some woodcuts are signed by Thiebault. 'Le Bon Jardinier', with which the above is associated, was the first garden journal to be issued in France, first in 1754. This 16th edition of 'Figures' is newly presented, the work not having been published for some years. Rare. Generally in good condition, occasional faint marginal foxing, edge of one or two early leaves marked. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 5th or later Edition. Figures pour l Almanach du Bon Jardinier. Dix-neuvième édition. Paris, Dusacq, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, (c1853). 8vo. vii + (1) + 404pp + 20pp publisher s book list. With engraved frontispiece, 44 engraved plates (2 folding), numbered 1-39, XXXI-XXXV (ie 44) - complete in reference to text (and as listed in supplementary book list), with no. XXXI clearly intended as 40, and 599 wood-engraved illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers preserved on boards. Seminal illustrated manual for decoration of the French garden. The 19th edtition. See item above.

6ª edición.- 4º menor.- tela editorial, planchas en lomera.- VII.- 404 pgs.- 20 pgs.- frontis mas grabados fuera de texto mas ilustraciones entre texto, el último plegado. La última parte de la obra pertenece a: instrumentos útiles de Jardinería, a partir pg 227, la última pag corresponde al catálogo de la librería Agrícola de la Maison Rustique.