76 - [BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. *Le Jardinier françois*, which teaches how to cultivate trees and garden herbs.

[BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. *Le Jardinier françois*, which teaches how to cultivate trees and garden herbs. A 1670 Lyon edition of this important treatise on gardening and confectionery, published anonymously by Nicolas de Bonnefons. Lyon, Jacques Canier, 1670. In-12 (150 x 85 mm), brown speckled sheepskin, spine with raised bands highlighted by a gilt frieze, gilt fleurons between the bands, title in gilt letters, edges speckled brown and red. 8 unnumbered folios and 318 pages, engraved fleur-de-lis on the title page. Slight rubbing, minor scuffs on the covers, some foxing more prominent at the margins, a small loss in one corner of the first 5 numbered folios. A fine edition of the famous treatise on horticulture and confectionery written by Nicolas de Bonnefons, valet to Louis XIV, first published in Paris in 1651. The first two parts deal respectively with fruit trees and vegetable gardens; the third is a treatise on preserves detailing methods for preserving fruit, either fresh or dried, with recipes for jams and jellies, fruit pastes, marzipan, and macarons, all made with sugar instead of honey. The Epistle to the Ladies is signed “R.D.C.D.V.V.B.D.N.,” the reverse order of the initials of the author’s first name, last name, and title: Nicolas de Bonnefons, valet to the King. An engraved bookplate by Gabriel Mancenant bearing the motto “advoc en parlem” (an abbreviation of “advocatus en parlamento,” meaning “lawyer in Parliament”); 3 handwritten bookplates, 2 of which are crossed out (that of Nicolas Antoine Mancenant and that of Etienne Huguenot, dated 1733). A fine copy.