From Marie-Antoinette’s Garden – An Eighteenth-Century Horticultural Album by Elisabeth de Feydeau

A sumptuous and beautifully illustrated exploration of the flowers, plants and landscaped gardens that enchanted Marie-Antoinette at Versailles and the Petit Trianon. In From Marie-Antoinette’s Garden, Elisabeth de Feydeau reconstructs the queen’s beloved gardens through archival documents, period illustrations and detailed botanical commentary.

From roses and hyacinths to rare trees and medicinal herbs, the book follows the paths of Marie-Antoinette’s eighteenth-century estate as she herself may have experienced it. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic botanical artwork, From Marie-Antoinette’s Garden is both a work of garden history and a fascinating portrait of one of France’s most intriguing queens. The book will appeal to collectors of French history, Versailles, Marie-Antoinette, horticulture and botanical illustration.

Published by Flammarion in 2013, this large-format hardcover English-language edition contains 240 pages and includes a foreword by Catherine Pégard. ISBN: 9782080201423. The book explores Marie-Antoinette’s gardens at the Petit Trianon and Versailles through archival illustrations and period botanical studies.

Condition – Very Good

Minor bumps to the corners and light shelf wear to the boards. Internally clean and well preserved.