Duc D'Harcourt, introduction Ernest de Ganay
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Duc D'Harcourt, (Ernest de Ganay, introduction)
Traite de La Decoration, des dehors, des jardins, et des parcs. Publie et precede d'une introduction par Mons. le Comte Ernest de Ganay.
Paris: Chez Emile-Paul Freres, 1919. Duodecimo, 253 pages. First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on velin fin de Voiron. Written in 1774, but not published until 1919. With a lengthy life of d'Harcourt by de Ganay. D'Harcourt was an amateur, and created by himself the gardens at his eponymous chateau in Calvados, Normandy. Professional repair to a closed one-inch tear to top front hinge of publisher's pink wrappers, otherwise a very good copy. (Item #2409)
Price: $350.00
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