DOWNING, A. J.

Rural Essays.

Item #81675

DOWNING, A. J. Rural Essays. New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Edited by George William Curtis. 8vo. lxxi, [1], 557, [3] pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the extremities with a vertical crease to the backstrip, but a quite presentable copy. Scattered pencil marginalia and marginal bracketing else clean. A very good copy. Hitchcock 350. Originally issued in 1853, this is a collection of Downing's editorials from his periodical, the Horticulturalist, 1846-1852. All 8 plates present (per Hitchcock) with many in-text engravings throughout.

Price: $100.00