A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America; with a view to the Improvement of Country Residences...[and] Remarks on Rural Architecture, 4th editiion

Various artists/makers

1849

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Title: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America; with a view to the Improvement of Country Residences...[and] Remarks on Rural Architecture, 4th editiion
Author: Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York)
Illustrator: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
Etcher: H. Jordan (American, 19th century)
Publisher: G. P. Putnam, New York
Publisher: Longman and Co.
Published in: New York; London
Date: 1849
Medium: Illustrations: etching and wood engraving
Dimensions: 9 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 1 7/16 in. (23.8 × 15 × 3.7 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Object Number: 24.66.108
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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