[MORIN, Pierre le jeune dit le troisième:] Paris, ed. Charle - Lot 5

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[MORIN, Pierre le jeune dit le troisième:] Paris, ed. Charle - Lot 5
[MORIN, Pierre le jeune dit le troisième:] Paris, ed. Charles de Sercy, 1680, (second edition), in-16, full contemporary calf, spine decorated with gilt fleurons with 5 nerves, (8) - 125 - (7) pp., bands, lettrines and caps, table of chapters, royal privilege. Pierre Morin (1650 - 1690) was a French gardener in 17th century Paris. "The three Morin brothers, Pierre (the eldest), René and Pierre (the youngest) inherited from their father (Pierre) the taste for flowers, which made the prosperity of the family: the large plot of land where the father practiced his gardening trade was located in rue de Thorigny in Paris. The youngest brother, according to John Evelyn, "went from being a simple gardener" to becoming "one of the most competent and curious men in France thanks to his rare collection of shells, flowers and insects. His garden is shaped like an exact oval, planted with flat-trimmed cypresses and forming a sort of wall: his tulips, anemones, ranunculus, crocus, etc. are of the rarest kind and attract all flower lovers to his house during the season. He lives in a sort of hermitage on the edge of his garden, and his collection of porcelain and coral, one of which is shaped like a large crucifix, is highly regarded. He also has collections of engravings by Albert, Van Leyden, Callot, etc. His collection of all kinds of insects, especially butterflies, is very curious [...]. He had some of his butterflies and also some of his most beautiful flowers painted in miniature, and some in oil, by the best artists." Cabinet cited by Pierre Borel (1649) and by Bonnaffé. Our copy is the second edition after the first of 1674 and the third of 1692. A nomenclature of more than 80 "different species of orange and lemon. The second part informs us on how to graft fruit trees such as pear, currant, apple, peach, cherry and plum. A small chapter on the forcing of asparagus! All the crimps of the grafting of these trees. A Reference for the 17th century! Missing the last two pages of the Privileges. VERY RARE and Sought after. Very average condition of the binding with a small piece of paper stuck on the spine of the book, spidering and missing corners; endpapers are crumpled, a few corners of paper are bent, an old, very light, halo of moisture on the bottom of the leaves.
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