Second edition of a fine series of 26 beautiful and delicate etchings of the sumptuous 17th-century Heemstede estate (near Utrecht, not in the municipality Heemstede), including a bird's-eye view of the entire estate and detailed views of the gardens, house and other buildings, fountains, sculpture, hedges and trellises, all drawn and etched by Isaac van Moucheron. It also shows visitors strolling through the gardens, horses, coaches, dogs and gardeners at work with pruning saws. "The fame of the gardens of Heemstede (near Houten in the province of Utrecht) was, and still is, considerable. ... a highlight in Dutch garden art." (Anglo-Dutch garden). Each print has a caption in Dutch and French (the bird's-eye view with a key to five numbered features).
With the bookplate of the Dutch entomologist F[rans].T[itus]. Valck-Lucassen (1885-1939) on the front paste-down. Binding slightly worn and the vellum a little scuffed (especially around the spine and the lower corners on the fore-edge), vellum slightly dust-soiled. Leaves very slightly browned and slightly frayed, some minor marginal staining (never affecting the images), overall in good condition. Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) XIV, p. 94, nos. 10-35; cf. Anglo-Dutch garden, pp. 193-198; STCN (4 copies of the 1st ed., incl. 2 incompl.); Springer, Bibl. overzicht, p. 47 (1st ed.).