Residential Sites and Environments: Their Conveniences, Gardens, Parks, Plantings, etc.
by JOHNSON, Joseph Forsyth
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.T. De la Mare Printing and Publishing, 1898. First edition. Large 4to. Numerous illustrations and plans to text, 1 large folding plan and 1 folding chart. 118 pp. Publisher's blind- and gilt-decorated cloth, beveled edges; slight fading to cloth American residential landscape gardening at the turn of the previous century by the English landscape architect Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840-1906). Before emigrating to America, Johnson was the Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Belfast and operated a landscape gardening business in London. His first book, Natural Principles of Landscape Gardening, was published in Belfast in 1874. Johnson emigrated to America in 1885 where he continued his landscape practice; he was briefly superintendent of horticulture for Brooklyn's Prospect Park.The present work, with many useful illustrations throughout, is divided into three sections: the residential site, planting and introduction to undulations, and villa gardens and public grounds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100664
- Title
- Residential Sites and Environments
- Author
- JOHNSON, Joseph Forsyth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.T. De la Mare Printing and Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ABAA-NY
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