A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; With A View To The Improvement Of Country Residences; With Remarks On Rural Architecture
by Downing, A.J
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. green cloth front cover and spine decorted in gilt. Near fube
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orange Judd Agricultural Book Publishers, 1865. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover and spine decorted in gilt. Near fube. 576 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Enlarged, Revised and Newly Illustrated. With a Supplement by Henry Winthrop Sargent
Frontispiece, Host of full page and smaller wood engraved illustrations. Downing is widely considered the be the greatest single figure in American horticulture, later influencing the work of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux. Downing's book is additionally important as the first example of the "new" pattern book, "This is the first book devoted entirely to landscape gardening and rural architecture in America, and one of the most influential books ever published in the history ofHH American art and taste." HITCHCOCK 367. KARPEL B528. Slight nicks to backstrip head and foot. Interior contents clean.
Frontispiece, Host of full page and smaller wood engraved illustrations. Downing is widely considered the be the greatest single figure in American horticulture, later influencing the work of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux. Downing's book is additionally important as the first example of the "new" pattern book, "This is the first book devoted entirely to landscape gardening and rural architecture in America, and one of the most influential books ever published in the history ofHH American art and taste." HITCHCOCK 367. KARPEL B528. Slight nicks to backstrip head and foot. Interior contents clean.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24129
- Title
- A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; With A View To The Improvement Of Country Residences; With Remarks On Rural Architecture
- Author
- Downing, A.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. green cloth front cover and spine decorted in gilt. Near fube
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Publisher
- Orange Judd Agricultural Book Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; American Art; Landscape Architecture; Art Reference; Design;
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ardsley, New York
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