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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING by (GARDEN DESIGN). [DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE JOSEPH.]

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING
Author
(GARDEN DESIGN). [DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE JOSEPH.]
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Bernard Linton, 1728. Second Edition in English. "With very large Additions, and a new Treatise of Flowers and Orange-Trees.. 255 x 195 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 3/4). viii, 297 (i.e., 299), [17] pp.Translated by John James. Contemporary calf boards (capably rebacked in a lighter calf), raised bands, dark brown morocco label with gilt lettering. With tailpieces, a number of illustrations, and 38 folding plates of garden plans. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Whyte Melville of Bennochy and Strathkinness; front free endpaper with ink singature of Robert Melvill, and the armorial bookplate of Francis Gray Smart. Hunt 471; Henrey 950; Fowler 171 (first edition in English); Harris 381. Original boards somewhat crackled (as nearly always with treated calf) and slightly marked, corners quite worn, a hint of browning to title and final leaf of ads, otherwise a very desirable copy, the text and plates in remarkably clean and bright condition. This is the definitive guide to formal gardening practices in the 18th century, containing a thorough exploration of both theory and practice that is elucidated by nearly 40 folding plates drawn by one of the most influential architects of the period. Henrey calls it "the first important book on garden design to appear in England in the eighteenth century," and according to the Met museum's website, the work "became the standard international text of the grand French manner of garden design." The text includes a wide array of design recommendations that comprise elements such as labyrinths, groves, bowling greens, porticos, colonnades, and stairways; examples of different types of ornamentation and embellishment such as statuary and water features; recommendations for the best type of trees to employ; and practical advice for the care and management of plants and gardens. It is also notable as the first book to describe the "ha-ha," a type of fence with a sunken grade on one side, creating an invisible livestock barrier while also preserving an unspoiled view of the countryside beyond it. (The name supposedly derives from the astonished sound a viewer would make when encountering this ingenious solution.) The work was originally published anonymously in French in 1709, and the first edition in English, translated by architect John James, appeared in 1712. Although the title page of the present work credits it to the great French architect Alexander Le Blond (named "architecte du Roi" in France and the chief architect of St. Petersburg), it is actually the work of his pupil, Antoine Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville (1680-1765). Le Blond, however, did provide most of the drawings for the plates, which beautifully illustrate the various garden designs and structural plans. Our three previous owners are of some interest. The signature on the front free endpaper is probably that of General Robert Melvill (or Mellville, 1723-1809), who served in the West Indies during the Seven Years' war. He became a plantation owner and governor of the Grenadines, Dominica, St. Vincent, Tobago, and Grenada. After returning to Great Britain in 1771, Melvill pursued academic interests and became a member Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London, as well as a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Because he was a bachelor, Melvill's estate went to his cousin John Whyte-Melville (1797-1883), a renowned golfer (he became captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1823) and the father of the novelist and poet George John Whyte-Melville. Francis Gray Smart (1844-1913) was a homeopathic physician who founded the Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital. He was also an antiquary and avid coin collector who became a member of the Linnean Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the British Numismatic Society. Considered apart from the book's (sturdy, though not especially attractive) exterior, the contents here are unexpectedly fresh, clean, and bright--unusual in a type of book that might normally have experienced use in an unprotected environment..
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Officers of the Union Army and Navy, Their Lives and Portraits. Vol. 1 [all published] by [Civil War].

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Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints
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Officers of the Union Army and Navy, Their Lives and Portraits. Vol. 1 [all published]
Author
[Civil War].
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Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
16mo, original cloth with gilt title on top cover, illustrated with 30 lithographic portraits, 148, [4] pp. Some wear at extremities, top hinge somewhat weak, but still holding, one plate is loose, normal aging, some notes on endpapers; otherwise very good. Despite the fact that the title indicates volume one, this was the only edition published. While most of the text relates to biographies of illustrated officers, including a young Major General George B. McCellan, there are two pages dedicated to presenting Union and Rebel victories in the early part of the war.
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The Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness by Yadin, Yigael (ed.)

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The Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
Author
Yadin, Yigael (ed.)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
fair
Description
Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, n/d. Hardcover. fair. 397,vi,pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. "This book is divided into two parts: an introduction and emendated edition of the text with a full commentary. Since the Scroll of The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness deals with a variety of subjects to which it returns several times it seemed preferable to dedicate a separate chapter to the detailed discussion of each of the subjects referred to in the Scroll, irrespective of the order of their appearance. Thus the commentary could be concentrated on amendments to the text and to philological and literary aspects of it. Accordingly, the reader who is interested mainly in the subjects discussed in the Scroll, will find these treated in great detail in the introduction with full references to the text itself in the footnotes, while one who is interested mainly in the philological and textural problems of the Scroll will find these delineated in the commentary with references to the chapters of the introduction." Edited with an introduction emendations and a commentary by Yigael Yadin. Text in Hebrew, summary of contents in English. Hebrew and English title-pages. Inscribed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped, corners frayed. Hinges starting, binding shaken. Heavy chipping, creasing and tearing on dj, one flap detached but present. Dust jacket in poor, binding in fair, interior leaves in overall very good condition. As is.

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