M^rigot, J. (f 1 . 1788 - 1797 ) 
Brit. Mus. Cat^ gives reference from Mirigot, 
J., to the following works, of which he was the 
publisher or engraver. 
See promenades ou Itinlraire des jardins d'Brmenonville. 
Paris & ftrmenonville, I 788 . 
See Promenades ou Itineraire des jardins de Chantilly. 
Paris & Chantilly, 1791• 
Merlani, Giorgio de. See Merula, Giorgio. 
Merlet, Jean (fl.I 650 -I 675 ) 
L'abrege des bons fruits, avec la manifere de les con- 
noitre, & de cultiver les arbres. Paris, Charles de 
Sercy, I 667 . 152 p. (Bib. Nat. Paris) 
Published without the author's name. Probably 
1st ed., altho Miltitz, col.285, gives one under 
1560 , which seems to be a plain mistake, as Tes- 
nier, Le Jardin, 27:350-351 (1913)» indicates 
the beginning of Merlet's experience as a fruit 
grower as about I 650 . The date I 665 , given by 
Burchardt after Legrand d'Aussy, is also doubt¬ 
ful tho not impossible; but the I 667 edition is 
well authenticated. It is listed by Seguier, p. 
380 , and definitely quoted in the "Neue garten- 
lust" of Heinrich Hesse (Leipzig, 1703)t p»264, 
where a list of pears is taken from a work of 
that title and date. Gibault, Jour. Soc. Wat. 
Hort. France (1905), p.729, says Merlet's book 
remained anonymous until 174 ^» ^nt the title of 
the 1690 ed. in U. S. Dept. Agr. includes his 
name. The early editions have been attributed 
to Saint-Etienne by Munchhausen, Hausvater, 2 
(1):145, and Haller, 1:509, undoubtedly because 
Saint-Etienne's work was published anonymously 
at about the same time. 
Gibault, l.c., refers to Merlet's work as the 
first true pomology, giving information of value 
for the history and synonymy of 4®! varieties of 
fruit trees. Gibault thinks the 3d ed. is most 
complete, but whereas the title of the 2d says 
that it is revised by the author, later issues 
may contain additions by others. (l!FW) 
