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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
Author:
Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York)
Author:
Supplement by Henry Winthrop Sargent (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1810–1882)
Illustrator:
Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
Etcher:
H. Jordan (American, 19th century)
Publisher:
A. O. Moore & Co. (New York, NY)
Sitter:
Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York)
Published in: New York
Date: 1859
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving, etching and engraving
Dimensions: 9 1/4 × 5 13/16 × 1 7/8 in. (23.5 × 14.7 × 4.8 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.98
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