STC170899 Plan of the King\'s Vegetable Gardens at Versailles, from \'Le Parfait Jardinier, ou Instruction pour les Jardins Fruitiers et Potager\', by Jean de la Quintinye, published 1695 (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: de la Quintinye was gardener to Louis XIV; The Perfect Gardener, or Instructions for fruit and vegetable growing; Le Jardin Potager du Roy a Versailles; Le Jardin Potager du Roi a Versailles; Louis XIV commissioned Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie to develop a kitchen garden on the sit of a swamp known as \'stinking pond\'. constructed 1678-83); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright.