Important and very interesting manuscript on the art of gardening, landscape gardening and horticulture written in several slightly different hands and undoubtedly meant for publication (vol. 2, parts 3-4 are less finished). The text mirrors the high level and meets the high standards of "the art of gardening" and landscape architecture in France in the second half of the 18th century: the absolute epicentre of the art in Europe at the time. François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818) was a French architect, landscape gardener and decorator working in the Neoclassical style. As chief architect to the Comte dArtois, brother of Louis XVI, he proved very influential regarding garden designs of the epoch.
From the library of the famous French (landscape) architect and designer of gardens François-Joseph Bélanger (see above). Each volume has a leaf with the table of contents, that for vol. 1 mounted on the front paste-down and that for vol. 2 loosely inserted.