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Lockwood, Alice G. B.

Gardens of Colony and State; Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic Before 1840

1931

628.86 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1931
Place of printing
np. Charles Scribner's Sons
Author
Lockwood, Alice G. B.
Edition
First Editions.
Keyword
Gardening - Landscaping Women Naturalists
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

folio [37 x 26 cm]; 2 volumes, xxii [ii], 464; xxiv, 444 pp, 2 frontis, numerous illus, plans, bibliography. original 2 part cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on front covers, and gilt title on spine, cover of volume I lightly spotted, light crease of endpaper, else a clean near fine set, volume I has the scarce dust jacket (chipped at edges. A picture of thi A massive work with hundreds of illustrations from photos, early sources, drawings. The books are organized by state, with Volume I covering New England, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Great Lake states, Pennsylvania and Volume II on the southern states including Florida and California, together with a chapter on fences and enclosures in each volume. A classic of landscape architecture.
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