[Gardening] L'Art de former les jardins modernes, ou l'art des jardins Anglois

Traduit de l'Anglois [by Thomas Whately]. A quoi le Traducteur a ajouté un Discours préliminaire sur l'origin de l'art, des Notes sur le texte, & une Description détaillée des Jardins de Stowe, accompagnée du Plan. Paris, C.-A. Jombert pere, 1771, (2),LXIV,404,(2) p., with large folding plan (Jardins de Stowe), contemporary marbled calf with ribbed, gilt back and morocco title shield.

Hinge of bottom board trifle torn and edges of binding with some wear. Translation of Whately's Observations on Modern Gardening, illustrated by descriptions (London, 1770). See extensively on Whately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Whately.