Elisabeth de Feydeau – Le jardin de Marie-Antoinette – Un herbier du XVIIIe siècle – Relié

“So you like flowers ?” Louis XVI said to his young queen. “Well, I have a bouquet for you-the Petit Trianon.” And so it was that Marie-Antoinette took over the splendid former residence of Madame de Pompadour, transforming the gardens into an enchanted landscape. Élisabeth de Feydeau takes readers on a journey through Marie-Antoinette's eighteenth-century estate : stroll in the queen's footsteps through beds of hyacinth, buttercups, and anemones in the French Garden ; follow winding paths among Judas trees in the English Garden ; pass through conifers towards the Belvedere, where fabulous late night festivities were held ; inhale the entrancing aromas of the shrubs surrounding the Temple of Love ; enjoy the bountiful orchards and kitchen gardens of the Queen's Hamlet ; and linger among the wildflowers in the Wood of Solitude. Using archival documents, Élisabeth de Feydeau recreates a fanciful herbarium, highlighting species that were newly discovered in Marie-Antoinette's time, detail