Name: Antique Print-BAROQUE-GARDEN-PARTERRE-ENGLISH-STYLE-PL.III.38-Pluche-1799
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Antique Print-BAROQUE-GARDEN-PARTERRE-ENGLISH-STYLE-PL.III.38-Pluche-1799

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‘GEMENGELD PARTERRE VAN LOOFWERK EN ZODEN. PARTERRE OP ZYN ENGELSCH MET EENE REEP VAN ZODEN IN HET RABAT.’

– (Translated: Mixed Parterre of Foliage Work and Turf. English-style Parterre with a strip of turf in the border.) This engraved plate presents two formal baroque garden designs shown side by side.
On the left is a mixed parterre combining ornamental foliage patterns (loofwerk) with turf (zoden), featuring symmetrical scrolls, stylized leaves, and structured compartments framed by gravel paths and planting borders.
On the right is an English-style parterre, characterized by a more restrained ornamental layout, incorporating a central decorative motif and a continuous strip of turf set within the surrounding border (rabat).

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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.