Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening
Item #81660
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: C. M. Saxton and Company, 1857. 5th ed., enlarged and revised. 8vo. 532, [2] pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing and soiling to the cloth, nevertheless a presentable copy. Occasional and early tidelines to some to the first and last several leaves. Contemporary owner name and date on the front free endpaper. A solid copy in very good condition. Hitchcock 364. Originally issued in 1841, this was an influential and much reprinted and expanded work by an important landscape gardener and historian. All 18 plates (per Hitchcock) are present as well as numerous in-text engravings.
Price: $100.00