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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 - 1841

by Downing, A.J

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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 - 1841

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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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Original ribbed cloth decoratively embossed and ruled in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Very good. 451 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Frontispiece, 69 plus 19 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, illustrated with wood engravings interspersed with the letterpress and issued in a publishers' decorative cloth binding. "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." HITCHCOCK 355. KARPEL B528. Expertly repaired spine ends; panel darkened, scattered foxing, some quires with more some with less, a result of poor paper quality.
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  • Book Condition Used - Original ribbed cloth decoratively embossed and ruled in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Very good
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Wiley and Putnam
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1841
  • Keywords American Art

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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences. Sixth Edition.

by A.J. Downing; Henry Winthrop Sargent

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NY: A. O. Moore. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1859. Hardcover. 8vo., Front cover has tape repair on hinge .
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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America . . .

by Downing, A.J. & Henry Winthrop Sargent

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New York: Orange Judd & Company. Fine copy in the original decorated cloth. 1875. 9th ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 592 pp., Bright copy in green cloth with gilt stampings on spine and front panel., The ninth edition with two supplements by Henry Winthrop Sargent. .
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