FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, by (AUDOT, Louis E.…

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FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, Représentant Les Utensiles Les Plus Généralement Employés Dan La Culture Des Jardins...

Paris: Audot, n.d. (ca, 1820). Second, enlarged edition of the FIGURES, a supplementary and complementary volume to the essential early French gardening almanach, LE BON JARDINIER, which began publication in 1755 and is still being published today. The 30 plates depict botanical subjects, such as roots, leaves, flowers and fruits, horticultural practices, such as grafts and propagation by cuttings and layering, and, of particular interest, a variety of garden tools or utensils such as cloches, spades, water pots, rakes, shovels, a fruit picker, etc. 12mo (17.8 x 10 cm); 37 pp. + 30 engraved plates.

Contemporary marbled paper over boards, with paper spine label, lightly soiled and, also chipped; occasional foxing.

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