Dutch Gardens and Garden Architecture, 1686
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 130 |
| Estimate | 300.00 - 500.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
VAN DER GROEN, JAN; and PIETER NYLAND. 't Vermakelijck landt-leven: [part I:] Den Nederlandtsen hovenier; [part II:] Den verstandigen hovenier; [part III:] De medicyn-winckel; [part IV:] Den naerstigen byen-houder. Amsterdam: Gysbert de Groot, 1686. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to (140 x 198 mm). With 200 wood engraved illustrations, including general and section titles, numerous full and half-page plates. [30], 103, [3]; [8], 84, [4]; 38; [39]-88 pp. Modern marbled boards. A complete copy of this popular Dutch manual on gardening and garden architecture. Van der Groen, author of the first part, was gardener to William of Orange. Nyland was well-known in Amsterdam as a pharmacist and physician. Condition Old discolored dampstain to lower corner at second half of part III through end, some worming, corners rounded.
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