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KRAFFT, Johann Carl (1764-1833). Plans des plus béaux jardins pittoresques de France, d'Angleterre et d'Allemagne, et des edifices, monumens, fabriques, etc. - Plans of the most beautiful picturesque gardens in France, England and Germany - Plaene der schoensten und malerischen Gaerten Franckreichs, Englands, und Deutschlands. Paris: Levrault, 1809.
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KRAFFT, Johann Carl (1764-1833). Plans des plus béaux jardins pittoresques de France, d'Angleterre et d'Allemagne, et des edifices, monumens, fabriques, etc. - Plans of the most beautiful picturesque gardens in France, England and Germany - Plaene der schoensten und malerischen Gaerten Franckreichs, Englands, und Deutschlands. Paris: Levrault, 1809.
2 volumes, oblong 4o (272 x 352 mm.). Text in French, English and German, engraved frontispieces, 196 plates on 166 sheets, uncut. (Some light marginal staining, plate 17 torn along inner margin plate 95/96 torn, small hole in text leaf part II page 31/32, page 59/60 torn.) Early 19th-century boards (joints of first volume worn, some wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION. A survey of English and European garden design at the end of the 18th century, issued between 1809 and 1810 in 24 monthly parts, each consisting of eight plates. Berlin Kat. 3312a; Brunet III:694; Graesse IV:46. (2)
2 volumes, oblong 4o (272 x 352 mm.). Text in French, English and German, engraved frontispieces, 196 plates on 166 sheets, uncut. (Some light marginal staining, plate 17 torn along inner margin plate 95/96 torn, small hole in text leaf part II page 31/32, page 59/60 torn.) Early 19th-century boards (joints of first volume worn, some wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION. A survey of English and European garden design at the end of the 18th century, issued between 1809 and 1810 in 24 monthly parts, each consisting of eight plates. Berlin Kat. 3312a; Brunet III:694; Graesse IV:46. (2)