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Lot 182
Sale 6370 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Nov 26, 2025
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2025
Timed Online / Philadelphia
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$250 -
400
Price Realized
$195
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Lot Description
[Gardening] Quintinye, (J.) de la. The Compleat Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating and Right ordering of Fruit-Gardens, and Kitchen-Gardens
London: Printed For M. Gillyflower, 1699. Second edition. 8vo. (xxxviv), 309, (7) pp. Corrected and abridged by George London and Henry Wise. Illustrated with 10 folding black and white plates. Full contemporary brown calf, mismatched and rebacked, stamped in blind, soiled, boards warped; scattered stains and foxing to plates and text; printed armorial book-plate mounted to front paste-down; bookseller's ticket at bottom of same. Wing L-432
The author Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-88) was director of the royal gardens under French King Louis XIV.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.