‘ONREGELMATIGE GROND.’

– (Irregular Ground.) A detailed eighteenth-century garden design engraving depicting an irregularly shaped formal estate layout. The composition shows a central architectural structure surrounded by ornamental parterres, symmetrical garden compartments, tree-lined avenues, water features, and agricultural plots. Decorative scrollwork parterres contrast with utilitarian sections such as orchards, bosquets, and pathways. Lettered references throughout the plan indicate different functional areas, reflecting the rational garden planning principles of the late Baroque and early Enlightenment period.

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Description

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.5 x 18 cm (8.86 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 18.2 x 15 cm. (7.17 x 5.91 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original folds as issued. Light soiling and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

18E EEUW, HISTORISCHE PRENT, KOPERGRAVURE, INDUSTRI?LE GESCHIEDENIS, AMBACHTEN, WERKTUIGEN, TECHNIEK, MECHANICA, PRODUCTIEPROCES, WERKPLAATS, VAKMANSCHAP, VROEGE INDUSTRIE, TECHNISCHE ILLUSTRATIE, ENCYCLOPEDISCH, WETENSCHAPPELIJKE ILLUSTRATIE, HANDARBEID, MANUFACTUUR, PRE-INDUSTRI?LE REVOLUTIE, 18TH CENTURY, ANTIQUE PRINT, HISTORICAL ENGRAVING, INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, CRAFTSMANSHIP, TOOLS AND MACHINERY, TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION | BOX-PLUCHE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a Dutch, 3rd. ed. of this work: ‘Schouwtooneel der Natuur …’, published by H. Gartman ao., 1799.

Biography artist: Noel-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), known as the Abbe Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his Spectacle de la nature, a most popular work of natural history.