With Hand Colored Garden Designs

SIEBECK, Rudolph.  GUIDE PRATIQUE DU JARDINIER PAYSAGISTE.

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1863. Small folio. Publisher's cloth spine, boards. (iv), iv, (ii), 48, (2) pages, 24 plates. First edition.

Rudolf Siebeck was the director of the Imperial Gardens in Vienna and one of the most influential garden designers of his time.  This book features twenty-four hand colored plans for gardens with detailed descriptions.  Tips and edges worn, label on spine lightly chipped, covers sunned, front hinge internally cracked.  Internally very good.

$1,250.00