LA QUINTINYE (Jean de). Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers, avec un traité des orangers, suivy de quelques réflexions sur l'agriculture. Paris, par la Compagnie des libraires, 1697. 2 volumes in-4, speckled calf, ornate spine, mottled edges (Binding of the period). One of the great classics of horticultural and agronomic literature. Reprint of the third edition published in 1695, illustrated with a portrait of the author, a fold-out plan of the Potager du Roy at Versailles, 12 plates of tools, pruning, etc., and a vignette at the head of each part showing the work of the Versailles gardeners. Papillon pasted to the title, under the address: Et se vend à Saint-Malo, chez Raoul de La Mare, 1699. Handwritten bookplate on title and endpapers. Missing one leaf of text (pp. 563-564 of volume II); tear and missing map of vegetable garden; headpieces and corners worn, one spine split, a few spots and scattered soiling.