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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Ionnes De La Quintinye Regiorum Hortorum Culturae Praefectus. Hanc deorate Deoe, quot quot floretis in hortis, Floribus e vestris supraque infraque tabellam: Hic dedit arboribus florere, e edilibus herbis, Este mirata est tanto Pomona colono.
F. de la Mare Richart pinx acad. C. Vermeulen Sculp.
[Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.]
Rare engraving, sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626 –1688) French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 1683 the Potager du roi ("King's vegetable garden") near the Palace of Versailles. Frontispiece to 'The Compleat Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating And Right Ordering Of Fruit-Gardens, And Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry,' Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.
[Ref: 57074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
F. de la Mare Richart pinx acad. C. Vermeulen Sculp.
[Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.]
Rare engraving, sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626 –1688) French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 1683 the Potager du roi ("King's vegetable garden") near the Palace of Versailles. Frontispiece to 'The Compleat Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating And Right Ordering Of Fruit-Gardens, And Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry,' Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.
[Ref: 57074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)