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MANSA, Jean-Louis (1740-1820). Plans de Jardins dans le gout Anglais & instructions dans l'art de distribuer & planter de petits terrains. Copenhagen: Frideric Brummer, 1798.
2 parts in 1 volume, oblong 2° (303 x 485mm.). Engraved titles, 1p. letterpress catalogue of trees and shrubs, 24 hand-coloured plates by G. N. Angelo. Contemporary pink boards, green morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (boards faded and somewhat scuffed, backstrip lacking).
FIRST EDITION of this rare set of of garden designs in the 'English style' by the Danish Royal gardener. Mansa had worked for four years with F. L. Holboll on the garden at Frederiksborg before issuing this work, with its colour-coded symbols to demonstrate the distribution of garden elements.
2 parts in 1 volume, oblong 2° (303 x 485mm.). Engraved titles, 1p. letterpress catalogue of trees and shrubs, 24 hand-coloured plates by G. N. Angelo. Contemporary pink boards, green morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (boards faded and somewhat scuffed, backstrip lacking).
FIRST EDITION of this rare set of of garden designs in the 'English style' by the Danish Royal gardener. Mansa had worked for four years with F. L. Holboll on the garden at Frederiksborg before issuing this work, with its colour-coded symbols to demonstrate the distribution of garden elements.