Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718-1786, author.

Essai sur les jardins / par m. Watelet ...

Paris : chez Prault, imprim. Du Roi, Quai de Gêvres : chez Saillant & Nyon, rue S. Jean de Beauvais : chez Pissot, rue du Hurepoix, M. DCC. LXXIV. [1774]

4 preliminary leaves, 160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

First edition of an extremely rare treatise on character and taste in gardens by the French painter Watelet. Watelet was a close friend of François Boucher and Hubert Robert, both contemporary French painters who share Watelet's interest in gardens. Watelet was also acquainted with J. J. Rousseau, and the ideas expressed in Essai are certainly infused with Rousseauesque sentiments of simplicity and naturalness. There are chapters on country estates, ferme ornée (ornamental hedgerow), old and modern parks, flowers, rocks, trees, water, spaces, and poetic romantic, pleasure, and picturesque gardens. Not in Lindley Library Catalogue, Brunet, Hunt, Graesse, or Plesch.

Gardens Styles Early works to 1800.
Gardens Design Early works to 1800.
Gardens.
Jardins.
Jardins Styles Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
gardens (open spaces)
Gartenkunst
Ästhetik
JARDINES.
Frankreich

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 206085
Cote: NA44.W3245.A35 1774
Statut: Disponible