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‎Le jardinier d'Artois, ou les élémens de la culture des jardins potagers et fruitiers.‎

‎1766 x, 288, viii p., engraved vignette on title and head and tail-pieces, full-page and half-page coats-of-arms, contemporary full calf (spine gilt, with ornemantal urns stamped on the compartments). First free endpaper missing. Previous owners name written on half-title and title-page in old hand.Rare gardening manual specifically devoted to cultivation in northern France. The author offers here the results of his life's experience as a gardener. He deals with local methods of cultivation and layout, and describes suitable plants and fruits; these include absinth, asparagus, mustard, horse-radish, lamb's lettuce, herbs, apricots, grapes, plums, cherries and gooseberries. Separate treatises are devoted to oranges, pinks and carnations.‎