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  • Le Bois de Boulogne. Illustrations d’Edmond Morin. by [BOIS DE BOULOGNE.] GOURDON, Édouard. [BOIS DE BOULOGNE.] GOURDON, Édouard. ~ Le Bois de Boulogne. Illustrations d’Edmond Morin. Paris Librairie Nouvelle … A. Bourdilliat et Ce 1861.
    First edition of an illustrated account of the Bois de Boulogne, Paris’s second-largest park, a former royal hunting ground and pleasure garden which was given… (more)

    First edition of an illustrated account of the Bois de Boulogne, Paris’s second-largest park, a former royal hunting ground and pleasure garden which was given to the city by Napoleon III in 1852 as before then Paris’s only parks (the Tuileries, Luxembourg Garden, Palais-Royal, and Jardin des Plantes) were all in the centre and there was nothing on the outskirts of the rapidly expanding city.

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  • De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de la Decoration des edifices en general. by BLONDEL, Jacques-François. BLONDEL, Jacques-François. ~ De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de la Decoration des edifices en general. Paris: [J. Chardon for] Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-8.
    First edition. Blondel (1705-1774) was among the most influential French architects of his day and De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance provides one of… (more)

    First edition. Blondel (1705-1774) was among the most influential French architects of his day and De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance provides one of the most extensive and best-illustrated accounts of early Enlightenment taste in houses and gardens of both town and country with its many plates, elevations and plans. This copy is of the second issue, giving ‘rue Dauphine’ as the printer’s address, issued without half-titles or errata, but otherwise identical to the first issue of the same year.

    ‘As a teacher, first in his own school (1743–54) and later at the Académie Royale d’Architecture, Blondel influenced such students as the Scottish architect William (later Sir William) Chambers, best known for his Somerset House for the Royal Academy of Arts in London (1776; later replaced); the French architect Richard Mique, who did much work for Marie-Antoinette at Versailles’ (Ency. Brit.).
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  • Théorie des Jardins. by [MOREL, Jean-Marie]. [MOREL, Jean-Marie]. ~ Théorie des Jardins. Paris: Pissot, 1776.
    First edition of one of the most influential works of French garden theory. Morel was the father of landscape gardening in France, best known for… (more)

    First edition of one of the most influential works of French garden theory. Morel was the father of landscape gardening in France, best known for the Théorie des Jardins and for his work with the marquis de Giradin in the celebrated garden at Ermenonville, and later at Malmaison. Morel never travelled to England, but was clearly influenced by theories of landscape being developed there. The title here bears a quote from Milton: ‘In narrow room nature’s Whole Wealth, yea more / A heav’n on earth...’ (Paradise Lost IV).

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