A Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1730, 2 volumes, in-4 (19 x 29.5 cm - 7.5 x 11.6 inches), xlviii - 4 ff. (table des matières) - 591 pp., 5 ff. (table des matières) - 587 pp. - 14 ff. (table des matières), contemporary full brown calf, spine raised on 5 bands decoreted with dotted gilt fillets, 4 compartments gilt tooled, 2 compartments with gilt lettered red and black morocco labels, gilt rolls on the leading edges .
The "abbé" de La Quintinye published posthumously in1690, this work of his father Jean-Baptiste de La Quintynie (1624-1688), death two years before. But he died also a short time after this first edition and he could'nt supervise the new editions, which were spread promptly, and to which the editors made different additions. In 1692, a counterfeit appeared in Amsterdam in 1 volume. In 1695, Barbin gave in Paris the second edition of the "Instructions pour les Jardins", to which he added an Instruction for the culture of flowers, which does not belong to the author. The second counterfeit appeared in Amsterdam with an anonymous treatise on Melons. The company of the booksellers gave several editions of this work of La Quintinye from 1700 to 1756. Our edition is the most complete and contains, in top of the six parts of the "Instructions pour les Jardins", a treatise on the size of Fruit trees, a treatise on Orange trees, comments on Agriculture, a treatise on Culture of Flowers in 2 parts and a new treatise on culture of Melons. Each parts is enriched by a lovely head piece the most engraved by J.B. Scotin. Our edition also contains two engraved title pages in front of each volume, two titles devices, engraved ornemental letters, tail pieces, 13 figures and 13 plates (some foldings). Decorative binding. Very fresh inside. Cft. Pritzel 5075 ; Brunet t. III, 838 ("ouvrage qui a eu beaucoup de succès, et qu'on recherche encore aujourd'hui")
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