Byzondere aenmerkingen over het aenleggen van pragtige en gemeene landhuizen, lusthoven, plantagien en aenklevende cieraeden [...].

4to: [5]-xii-[6]-412-[12] pp. (browning, some marg. soiling, some sm. tears in pl., larger tear in pl. 6).

Cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.

Rare first edition of this work on fruit growing and country gardening by the Dutch merchant P. de la Court van der Voort (1664-1739). The book also discusses the theoretical aspects of garden design and heating glasshouses. Illustrated with 15 engr. plates (all but 1 folding) by J. v.d. Spyk, F. v. Bleyswyck, J. Wandelaar and J.C. Philips showing greenhouses, a vegetable garden, citrus fruit, a pineapple and a tuberose. De la Court van der Voort was the first European to successfully grow pineapples. Woodcut ornament on title. Ref. STCN (i.a. BL). - Not in Pritzel, Nissen. Prov. "Van Genechten" (pencil note on front flyleaf).