A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; Etc.
by Downing, A.J
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. gray/green cloth decorated in blind, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good
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About This Item
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray/green cloth decorated in blind, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good. 497 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Second edition, enlarged and newly illustrated, sixteen plates including frontispiece with copious illustrations in the text. Originally published 1841. HITCHCOCK 355. KARPEL B528. "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 of American art and taste." Clean copy, text and plates uniformly free of foxing. Nicks to joints at backstrip head. Small stamp of Israel A. Bierce front cover pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24124
- Title
- A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; Etc.
- Author
- Downing, A.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. gray/green cloth decorated in blind, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Wiley and Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Americana; Design;
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