A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; Etc.
by Downing, A.J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: C.M. Saxton And Company, 1857. Fifth Edition enlarged. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind. Very good . 532 pages (2). 24 x 15.5 cm. Enlarged and newly illustrated,eighteen sixteen plates including frontispiece with copious illustrations in the text. Originally published 1841. HITCHCOCK 364. 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." Scattered foxing, binding tight. General Index. Loss backstrip head and foot.
Bookplate inside front cover paste down Awarded By The American Institute.
Bookplate inside front cover paste down Awarded By The American Institute.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24144
- 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. brown cloth decorated in blind. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition enlarged
- Publisher
- C.M. Saxton And Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Americana; Design;
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ardsley, New York
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