Alexandre de Laborde | Description des nouveaux jardins de la France, Paris, 1808, contemporary half-calf gilt by Vogel

Alexandre de Laborde

Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et ses anciens chateaux. Paris: Delance, 1808

FIRST EDITION, large folio (501 x 362mm.), half-title, title, engraved additional title, 122 numbered plain engraved views on 89 sheets, 1 map, 2 plans, 1 further plate with multiple figures, 2 further plates (each with 4 views and printed overslips), text in French, English, and German, contemporary red half-calf gilt by Vogel, edges uncut, marbled endpapers, extremities slightly rubbed

A fine series of picturesque views of French gardens providing a valuable record of contemporary garden and park design. The gardens depicted include Malmaison, Morfontaine, Ermenonville, St Leu, Raincy and Maupertuis.

LITERATURE:

Vicaire IV 745-746