French Gardens, 5 vols.
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 134 |
| 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 |
1. ANDRÉ, ÉDOUARD. Traité général de la composition des parcs et jardins. Paris: G. Masson, 1879. 4to (182 x 270 mm). 10 (only, of 11) chromolithographed plates with captioned tissue guards, and over 500 illustrations in text. Contemporary 3/4 red morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. Occasional browning, extremities rubbed. 2. ALPHAND, A. Parcs, Jardins, Promenades. Paris: J. Rothschild, n.d. 4to. Profusely illustrated. xii, 364 pp. Original illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers toned, spine creased. 3. CORPECHOT, LUCIEN. Parcs et Jardins de France. Plates, illustrations in text. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1937. 4to (170 x 237 mm). 169, [2] pp. Half blue morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Binding a little scuffed. 4. Another copy. Half red morocco and marbled boards. Some soiling to spine. 5. MOLLET, CLAUDE. Theatre des Jardinages. Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1663. 4to (157 x 225 mm). 3 folding plates (only, of 17). [12], 411 pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. A little marginal worming affecting two plates, joints chipped, boards scuffed and rubbed but binding tight. TOGETHER, 5 volumes.
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