Consists of the original ed. of 1777 including its title leaf, with a new additional title leaf in place of the half title. Additional title information on new t.p. as cited by Ganay differs slightly. Original title: De la composition des paysages, ou, Des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations, en joignant l'agréable à l'utile / par R.L Gérardin ... victe. d'Ermenonville. A Genève, et se trouve a Paris : Chez P.M. Delaguette, libraire-imprimeur, rue de la Vieille-Draperie, MDCCLXXVII [1777] Signatures: a(±a1) A-K Errata, a8r Ganay, E. de. Art des jardins Bound in blue pastepaper wrappers, title written on slip of paper at head of spine. Wrappers lined with left portion of a printed Italian text: Uguaglian[za ...] / Bollettin[o ...] / Adunanza del giorno 9.o della 3.a decade del 1.o me[se ...] / Corrispondenza dei rappresentanti del popolo. Andrea Dumont, rappresentante del popolo, scrive da Abbeville ... Back free endpaper is a printed blank form of the Administration des transports et convois militaires, République Française