Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers, avec un traité des orangers et des reflexions sur l'agriculture by La Quintinye, Jean-Baptiste - 1692

London: Printed for M.Gillyflower, 1699. Second Edition of George London and Henry Wise's corrected abridgement of the English translation of La Quintinye's Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potages. John Evelyn was credited with the English translation published in folio format in 1693 although Henrey (British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Vol. I, p. 189) notes that George London may have had some hand in it. La Quintinye was successively responsible for the gardens of the Prince de Condé, Mademoiselle de Montpensier, the Duc de Montausier, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert. On March 17, 1670, he was introduced by Colbert to Louis XIV, who named him 'director of the fruit gardens and vegetable gardens of all the royal houses', a position created especially for him. In 1678, he began the creation of the new kitchen garden at Versailles, completed five years later in 1683. This garden is now classified as a historical monument since 1921. In reward for his services La Quintinye… Read More