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LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (1712-1779?)] Detail des nouveaux jardins à la mode. Ier [2nd-4th, 6th-12th, 14th-20th] Cahier. Paris: Le Rouge, [c.1773-]1776-1788.
LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (1712-1779?)] Detail des nouveaux jardins à la mode. Ier [2nd-4th, 6th-12th, 14th-20th] Cahier. Paris: Le Rouge, [c.1773-]1776-1788. 17 parts (of 21), bound in 3 volumes, oblong 4° (270 x 438mm). 424 engraved plates and 11 engraved plates of descriptive text, comprising: vol. I, part 1: 23 numbered plates (lacking pl.2, but with duplicate of pl.3), and 3 plates of text numbered 24-26, followed by 2 unnumbered folding plans; part 2: 23 plates; part 3: 28 plates; part 4: 30 plates; part 6: 30 plates (2 folding); part 7: 24 plates numbered 1-19, 24-27 and 4 plates of text numbered 20-23 (title plate and 3 others folding); part 8: 28 plates (1 folding); part 9: 15 plates (1 folding) ; part10: 11 plates (1 folding, and 1 printed on 2 folding sheets) ; part 11: 20 plates (6 folding); part 12: 24 plates numbered 1, [2-]24, 2 plates of text numbered 25-26; part 14: 11 folding plates; part 15: 28 plates; part 16: 30 plates; part 17: 30 plates; parts 18 and 19: 47 plates numbered 1, 4-49, and two plates of text numbered 2 & 3 (2 folding); part 20: 24 plates (5 folding). (Light creasing to some folded plates, occasional faint soiling and spotting.) 19th-century grey-green library cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; bookplates). RARE AND EXTENSIVE RUN OF AN IMPORTANT 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH GARDEN DESIGN PERIODICAL, focusing on English and Chinese gardens. Parts XIV-XVIII all relate to China, with views and plans of Chinese gardens, the Chinese Imperial Palace, monasteries and landscapes. de Ganay 99 (issue I : 30 pl. on 27 ff.). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.