Name: Antique Print-BAROQUE GARDEN LAYOUT-PL.III-39-Pluche-1799
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Antique Print-BAROQUE GARDEN LAYOUT-PL.III-39-Pluche-1799

€50.00

‘GEMENGELD PARTERRE. PARTERRE MET UITSNYDINGEN.’

– Engraved plate illustrating multiple designs for formal Baroque garden parterres. The composition presents several ground plans combining geometric symmetry with ornamental foliage patterns, gravel areas, lawns, and clipped hedges. Shown are a mixed parterre with structured compartments, a parterre with curved basins and a central fountain, and a parterre featuring cut-out ornamental shapes and axial pathways. Small tree symbols indicate planting schemes, while dotted textures distinguish gravel, turf, and planted areas.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 19.5 x 16 cm (7.68 x 6.3 inch). Image size: 15 x 12.5 cm. (5.91 x 4.92 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.