THOUIN, Gabriel (1747-1829). Plans raisonnés de toutes les espèces de jardins. Paris: for the author by Lebégue, 1819. 57 lithographed plates by Motte and Bernard after Thouin, numbered in manuscript in the margin. With errata. (Occasional minor marginal spotting and soiling, small chip in outer margin of title and dedication.) Contemporary sheep-backed blue marbled boards (spine worn at head, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; armorial bookplate and her earlier bookplate as Countess of Shelburne).

THOUIN, Gabriel (1747-1829). Plans raisonnés de toutes les espèces de jardins. Paris: for the author by Lebégue, 1819. 57 lithographed plates by Motte and Bernard after Thouin, numbered in manuscript in the margin. With errata. (Occasional minor marginal spotting and soiling, small chip in outer margin of title and dedication.) Contemporary sheep-backed blue marbled boards (spine worn at head, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; armorial bookplate and her earlier bookplate as Countess of Shelburne).

FIRST ISSUE of this influential book comprising a wide variety of garden designs illustrated in full-page lithographs, including a romantic Chinese garden, physic gardens, designs for Royal and botanical gardens, an English folly, and even a vegetable garden. Cf. Berlin Kat. 3483 (second issue); Brunet V, 842 (third issue).