La théorie et la pratique du jardinage

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The book La théorie et la pratique du jardinage was first published in Paris in 1709, anonymously, published by Jean Mariette and illustrated by Alexandre Le Blond . In the second edition from 1713 the author is named with the initials LSAIDA, it is Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville . In terms of content, he deals with the garden art of the Baroque , as it was shaped by André Le Nôtre , as well as the Régence . The division of the work into two parts is already clear in the title: the first part deals with the theory, the design of a garden, the second part with practical, technical questions. The work is one of the first to deal exclusively with ornamental gardens and largely omit useful plants. It is therefore an important step to establish garden art as an independent art form, independent of architecture and cultivation of crops. Dezallier d'Argenville expanded the text in the 1713 edition from 208 to 293 pages compared to the original edition; a third edition, expanded to 482 pages, appeared in 1747. In addition, there were further editions in French, including early translations into English (the first in 1712 John James ) and into German.

literature

  • Irmgard Siebert, Carola Spies, Stefan Schweizer (eds.): Gardens - as they are in the book. Publications of the history of garden art from the 16th to the 20th century from the holdings of the University and State Library Düsseldorf (=  publications of the University and State Library Düsseldorf . Volume 42 ). University and State Library, Düsseldorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-942412-00-1 , pp. 34-37 .
  • Clemens Alexander Wimmer : La Theory et la Pratique du Jardinage by Dezallier d'Argenville. For the 300th anniversary of the book . In: Zandera . tape 24 , no. 2 , 2009, ISSN  0940-9920 , p. 70-82 .