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whom little is known, and were engraved on 

 copper by John Kip. The book was published 

 in 1709, though many of the drawings were 

 made much earlier, and is absolutely invaluable 

 for a knowledge of the method of laying out 

 gardens and grounds on a large scale at the end 

 of the seventeenth century. Kip's book, Bade- 

 slade's Views of Kent (1772), and another book 

 named Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne^ are in 

 fact almost the only sources of information avail- 

 able, as very few of these great schemes remain 

 intact. The park and gardens at Badminton 

 are a typical instance. Kip gives three views of 

 Badminton — the illustration in the text is taken 

 from the smaller print in Les Delices^ ^I'^l- 

 The approach to the house was formed by a 

 triple avenue, the centre avenue 200 feet wide, 

 the two side avenues 80 feet wide. The en- 

 trance gates to this avenue were placed in the 

 centre of a great semicircular wall. The distance 

 from this gateway to the house was 2^ miles. 

 After passing through two more gateways, the 

 avenue opened on to a great oblong open space 

 forming part of the deer park, with avenues on 

 either side, and the entrance gate to the fore 

 court of the house opposite the end of the main 

 avenue. A broad gravelled path, with grass 

 plots and fountains on either side, led from the 



Kip was born in Amsterdam in 1652. He came to England soon after 

 the Restoration, and engraved views for Atkyns's Gloucester Suwey, and 

 Badeslade's Fiews of Kent. He died in 1722. 



