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8vo (185 x 112 mm) of 1 nn.l. for the title, 46 pp. Marbled paper covers (contemporary binding).
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Cioranescu, 40364; de Ganay, 543.
First edition. Dedicated to Count L. de S…. Ligne develops in verse form a doctrine that rejects unilateral decisions and denounces the exaggerated gardenomania of certain contemporaries. It also offers a panorama of the European parks and gardens of his time.
“One of the Prince de Ligne’s country houses, near Vienna, was called Mon refuge. A very rare pamphlet in verse. We have not yet come across it” (de Ganay).
A fine copy with full margins, from the Starhemberg library (stamp and shelf-number at the bottom of the title).
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