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Cottage Residences; or a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and their Gardens and Grounds Adapted to North America. Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved

Architect Andrew Jackson Downing American
Illustrator Alexander Jackson Davis American
Publisher John Wiley American
1852
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  • Title: Cottage Residences; or a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and their Gardens and Grounds Adapted to North America. Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved
  • Architect: 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)
  • Publisher: John Wiley (New York, NY)
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: 1852
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engravings and lithographs
  • Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 13/16 in. (24.1 × 16.5 × 2 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.32
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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