Ligne, Prince Charles-Joseph de. Coup d’Oeil at Beloeil and a Great Number of European Gardens. Translated and edited by Basil Guy. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. California. 1991
pp.xvii, 295 with numerous b/w illus., plans & text decorations. 4to. Fine hdbk in thor., vg. dw.
A translation, with supporting commentary, of the 1795 edition of ‘Coup d’Oeil at Beloeil’. In this work the Prince’s “comprehensive glance” or coup d’eoil, ranges beyond Beleoil to gardens that he visited throughout the length and breadth of Europe before the French revolution.
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