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Title:
Designs of Groves of a Middle Height, plate 4C following page 74 in the book The Theory and Practice of Gardening by Alexandre Le Blond , 2nd English ed. tr. by John James (London: Bernard Lintot, 1728)
Artist(s):
Jean Mariette, Henry Fletcher, Bernard Lintot, John James, Alexandre Le Blond, Michael Vandergucht
Date:
1728
Location:
Not on display
Century:
18th Century AD
Media:
Engraving On Folded Sheet
Dimensions:
25 x 38.5 cm (sheet)
Department:
Achenbach Foundation
Object Type:
Print
Country:
Great Britain
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:

Note:
Edition: second edition in English, with additions, translated by John James
Binding: panelled calf ca. 1728, recently rebacked in morocco
Volumes in Set:1
Pagination: 297 plus index
Languages Used in Text: English
Provenance:Osgood Hooker
Exhibition History:
Remarks: should have 38 plates, but only has 37 (lacks plate 10 at p. 74); see instructions to binder before p. 1;
Most plates engraved by M. van der Gucht; but a few by H. Fletcher, and they appear to be adapted or copied from the original French ones printed by Mariette.

Accession Number:
1959.124.32.19
Acquisition Date:
1959-12-31
Credit Line:

Gift of Osgood Hooker