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BEAUSSANT LEFÈVRE & Associés

154 - LA QUINTINIYE (Jean-Baptiste de).
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Estimate €250 - €300
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Description
LA QUINTINIYE (Jean-Baptiste de). A Guide to Fruit and Vegetable Gardens. With a treatise on orange trees and reflections on agriculture… supplemented by a guide to flower cultivation. Paris, Nyon, 1739. 2 volumes in-4, 19 x 25 cm, 4 ff., XLVIII pp., 4 ff., 592 pp., 12 plates, including 2 folded & 6 ff., 588 pp., 14 pp., 1 plate, contemporary binding in marbled fawn calfskin, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt motifs. A fine edition of La Quintinye’s famous treatise, illustrated with 13 plates, engraved headpieces depicting the work of the gardeners at Versailles, and woodcut vignettes within the text. A fine copy. A few leaves uniformly browned. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
Ref. : 15190 - 37
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