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[LE GENTIL (François)]: Le Jardinier solitaire, ou Dialogues entre un Curieux et un Jardinier solitaire. Containing the method of making and cultivating a Fruit and Vegetable Garden; and several new experiments. With reflections on the cultivation of Trees. Huitième édition, Augmentée de plusieurs chapitres (...). Paris, Fonds de Rigaud, 1759. One volume. 9 by 16.5 cm. (24)-440-(4) pages, and one folding engraving. Contemporary full basane, spine with 5 ornate bands, red title page. Discreet spotting, otherwise good condition. A few discreet freckles. A famous treatise first published in 1704, here in an enlarged edition. The author, Brother François Le Gentil, was a Carthusian monk at the Chartreuse de Vauvert in Paris. In the 18th century, this Carthusian monastery (destroyed during the French Revolution) boasted an exceptional orchard, with a wide variety of fruit made famous by the inventiveness of its monk gardeners.

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[LE GENTIL (François)]: Le Jardinier solitaire, ou Dialogues

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