The gardeners labyrinth, or, A new art of gardening : wherein is laid down new and rare inventions and secrets of gardening not heretofore known : for sowing, planting, and setting all manner of roots, herbs, and flowers, both for the use of the kitchen garden, and a garden of pleasure ... /

"Reprinted for the first time since the edition dated 1652, from the copy now owned by Mrs. Rosetta E. Clarkson."--T.p. verso.

Labyrinte de Versailles : suivant la copie à Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, MDCXCIII.

Full page engravings after S. Le Clerc, of the fountains in the Labyrinth (which represented Aesop's fables) with prose epitomes of the fables and descriptive text by Ch. Perrault, and metrical versions of the fables by I. de Benserade. On plate 12 the attribution "L. Scherm fe." can be discerned.

Labirinthe de Versailles.

The fountains, designed by Lebrun were placed at the path intersections of the labyrinth, which was destroyed in 1774 and replaced by the Bosquet de la Reine.

Studies from the Museum of Zoology in University College, Dundee.

Editor: D. W. Thompson.