A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences... With remarks on rural architecture

By

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852

Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, Orange Judd Agricultural Book Publisher, 1865

Edition

Seventh edition, enlarged, revised and newly illustrated. With a supplement, containing some remarks about country places, and the best methods of making them; also, an account of the newer deciduous and evergreen plants, lately introduced into cultivation, both hardy and half-hardy. By Henry Winthrop Sargent.

Notes

"Supplement to the sixth edition..." by Sargent: p.[425]-572.

First published in New York, 184l.

Plates are steel engravings by H.W.Smith; H.Jordan after H.J.Davis; J.Duthie and James Smillie after J.D.Smillie; Robert Hinshelwood after J.D.Smillie and E.W.Nichols, all signed in the plate. Also included are wood engravings and "engravings on stone" (cf. p. xvi).

Subjects

Architecture, Domestic , Landscape gardening

Call Number

SB471 .D752

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.101784
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/12027028
OCLC: 3246786