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HIRSCHFELD, Christian C. L. (1742-1792). Theorie der Gartenkunst. Leipzig: Mg. G. Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1779-1785.
5 volumes in 3, 4° (c.243 x 202mm.). Titles with engraved vignettes, half-titles, 7 engraved plates (6 in volume 3, 1 in volume 5) including 1 folding, mainly by Geyser after Schuricht, numerous engraved illustrations throughout. (Ff4 of volume 1 bound in at back of volume 2, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half calf, with red lettering-pieces on spines (spine of first volume very slightly wormed, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Freiherr von Stumm Bibliothek, Ramholz (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the book which introduced English garden design to northern Europe. Hirschfeld established a school of arboriculture at Duesternbrok in 1785 under the patronage of King Christian VI of Denmark, and, drawing on English authors including Walpole, Whately and Mason, he became the chief German proponent of landscape gardening in the English style. In this, his most important work, he details a complete theory of garden design, with the aid of over 200 illustrations of garden architecture and views. Many of the views are by Thonaert, Schoenberg and Geyser after Schurich. Berlin Kat. 3353. (3)
5 volumes in 3, 4° (c.243 x 202mm.). Titles with engraved vignettes, half-titles, 7 engraved plates (6 in volume 3, 1 in volume 5) including 1 folding, mainly by Geyser after Schuricht, numerous engraved illustrations throughout. (Ff4 of volume 1 bound in at back of volume 2, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half calf, with red lettering-pieces on spines (spine of first volume very slightly wormed, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Freiherr von Stumm Bibliothek, Ramholz (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the book which introduced English garden design to northern Europe. Hirschfeld established a school of arboriculture at Duesternbrok in 1785 under the patronage of King Christian VI of Denmark, and, drawing on English authors including Walpole, Whately and Mason, he became the chief German proponent of landscape gardening in the English style. In this, his most important work, he details a complete theory of garden design, with the aid of over 200 illustrations of garden architecture and views. Many of the views are by Thonaert, Schoenberg and Geyser after Schurich. Berlin Kat. 3353. (3)