ESTIENNE, Charles (1504-1564) and Jean LIEBAULT (d.1596). L'Agriculture et Maison rustique. Lyon: Simon Rigaud, 1654. Small 4° (230 x 167mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut illustrations, some full-page. (Tears, a few affecting text.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments (slightly worn, upper cover detached). -- Antoine-Joseph DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, (1680-1765). La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage. The Hague: chez Pierre Husson, 1711. 4° (264 x 210mm). Title in red and black, 32 double-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces, woodcut illustrations and ornaments. (Some leaves slightly spotted.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments (slightly worn at extremities). Provenance: John Ward (armorial bookplate). -- La Théorie de l'Art des Jardins. [France: 18th century]. Manuscript, approximately 552 pages, 4° (230 x 175mm). Some leaves with corrections (some slightly soiled, a few torn). Bound in 2 volumes, later marbled boards (slightly worn). Provenance: Abbé Bellanger (later inscription on end-paper). -- Louis LIGER, (1658-1717). Le Jardinier fleuriste. Paris: 1787. 12° (166 x 94mm). 14 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, red lettering-piece. -- Jacques Montanier DELILLE, (1738-1813). Les Jardins ... poëme. London: Ph. Le Boussonnier, 1801. 4° (282 x 228mm). Half-title. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, gilt border around covers, spine gilt (upper cover slightly rubbed), dark grey moiré silk liners and endpapers, g.e. LARGE-PAPER COPY. -- And 7 other French works on gardening. (13)