Gardening, 2 vols.
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 132 |
| Estimate | 500.00 - 700.00 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 |
[DEZALLIER D’ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE-JOSEPH.] 1. La Theorie et La Pratique du Jardinage. Paris: Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1747. 4to (185 x 251 mm). With 49 engraved plates, most double-page or folding. [12], 482, [2] pp. Title page printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments, edges sprinkled red, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Arpad Plesch (morocco book label). Fourth and most expansive edition. Light shelfwear, internally clean. 2. The Theory and Practice of Gardening … by Le Sieur Alexander le Blond. London: Bernard Lintot, 1728. 4to (181 x 242 mm). With 30 (only, of 38) engraved plates, most folding. viii, 297, 16 pp. Title page printed in red and black. Old calf, spine lettered in gilt. A few tears and repairs to plates, binding rubbed and scuffed, recased with original spine laid down. 2nd edition. TOGETHER, 2 volumes.
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