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QUINTINIE, Jean de la. Instruction pour les Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers, avec un traité des orangers, suivy de quelques reflexions sur l'agriculture. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1692. 2 volumes in 1, 4° (225 x 165mm.). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 13 etched and engraved plates including 9 folding, 9 etched vignette head-pieces, engraved and woodcut illustrations. (Margins of first and last leaves slightly browned due to acidity in binding.) Contemporary mottled sheep (slightly scuffed). Second edition. Cf. Hunt 388 for Evelyn's English translation. -- [Thomas WHATELY.] L'Art de Former les Jardins Modernes, ou l'art des jardins anglois. [Translated by François de Paule Latapie.] Paris: Charles-Antoine-Jombert, 1771. 8° (210 x 135mm.). Etched folding plan of Stowe. (Marginal holes caused by paper faults on L8, Z7 and Z8.) Contemporary paper wrappers, uncut (title detached). Henrey II, pp. 509-511. -- And six other works on gardening and forestry (John COWELL. The Curious Fruit and Flower Gardner. London: Richard Chandler, 1732. 8°. -- William PONTEY. The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant. London: J. White and J. Mawman for J. Harding, 1810. 8°. -- William BILLINGTON. A Series of Facts, Hints, Observations and Experiments on the Different Modes of Raising Young Plantations of Oaks . London: sold by Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, J. Harding and others, 1825. 8°. -- Sir Henry STEUART. The Planter's Guide. Edinburgh and London: John Murray 1828. 8°. -- Thomas CRUICKSHANK. The Practical Planter. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, and London: T. Cadell, 1830. 8°. -- Colonel George GREENWOOD. The Tree-Lifter; or, a new method of transplanting forest trees. London: A. Spottiswoode for Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844. 8°.). (8)