VALLEMONT, Pierre Le Lorrain de.
Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Kunst, in Zeugung, Fortpflantzung und Vermehrung der Gewächse; Oder Der Ackerbau und die Gärtnerey in ihrer Vollkommenheit. Welchen beygefüget eine kurtze Unterweisung die Obst-Bäume recht zu beschneiden. Beyde aus dem Frantzösischen ins Deutsche übersetzet.
Budißin, Johann Georg Hüneln, 1714. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black, 12 engraved plates and 1 small engraving and 7 woodcuts in text. Contemporary vellum. [36], 456; [6], 457-489, [17] pp.
€ 750
Second German edition of Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation (Paris, 1705) by Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont, translated into German by Ferdinand Ludwig von Breßler und Aschenburg. De Vallemont (1649-1721) deals with many aspects of gardening and agronomy, including advice on cultivating grain, fruits, trees, but also on how to make an estate profitable. The work became very popular and went through numerous editions.
The second work, with a half-title following p. 456, is a German translation of L'art ou la Maniere particuliere & seure de tailler les arbres fruitiers (Amsterdam, 1697). The author of the preface states that it was written by a Liebhaber and translated into German, but it is most likely an excerpt from Jean de La Quintinye's work on pruning of the same title.
With the bookplate of C. Otto G. Wibom on paste-down. Binding slightly soiled, otherwise in very good condition. Cf. Arnold Arboretum, p. 714; Brunet V, col. 1061; Graesse VI, p. 251; Hunt 410; Nissen, BBI supp. 2037n, 2037na; not in BMC NH; Cat. Lindley Libr; Cat. Linnean Soc.; Pritzel.
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