PBA Galleries

[16], 432, [8] pp. With copper-engraved frontispiece & 20 plates, 1 folding. (8vo) 7¾x4¾, period calf ruled in gilt, rebacked with later calf, original morocco spine label (chipped) retained. Second Edition.

A translation of Le Jardinier Solitaire, by F. Gentil, and Le Jardinier Fleuriste et Historiographe, by L. Liger. The complement of plates seems to be correct, though there is a discrepancy in the numbering: there is the frontispiece, an unnumbered folding plate, then 19 plates numbered I-XX, with no plate XVII. Most of the plates show designs for gardens. Armorial bookplate of Sir Vesey Holt.