LA QUINTINYE (M. de). Instructions for fruit and vegetable gardens. With a treatise on oranges. Amsterdam, Desbordes, 1697. 2 vol. in-4, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (B.D.). Third edition, illustrated with a portrait, a fold-out plan of the Versailles kitchen garden (old restorations) and 12 engraved plates. Includes in fine: Nouveau traité de la culture des melons. 8 pp. - Nouvelle instruction pour la culture des fleurs. 140 pp. Ibid, id. 1697. - L'art ou la manière particulière & seure de tailler les arbres fruitiers. 19 pp. Ibid, id. 1699. Handwritten bookplate on title Thevet. Bindings stained, rubbed and wormholes. Some foxing and soiling. I, marginal tear with missing last leaves.