Blaikie, T. (& Birrell, F. (Ed.)). Diary of a Scotch Gardener. At the French Court at the end of the Eighteenth Century. 1st. Ed. Pub. George Routledge. 1931
pp. xii, 256 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Neat inscription dated 1931 to ffep. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg.
Scottish botanist Thomas Blaikie (1751–1838), a favourite of Marie Antoinette, designed some of the most famous gardens in France. From 1775 to 1792, he kept a diary which gives a unique insight into the social history of revolutionary France.
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