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Livres anciens et modernes

Mitchell, Donald G. Append

Out-of-Town Places: with Hints for Their Improvement

1884

107,16 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1884
Lieu d'édition
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Auteur
Mitchell, Donald G. Append
Edition
First edition with this title.
Thème
Gardening - Landscaping Signed
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

small 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; [ii], vi, 295 pp, illustrations especially of architectural devices from drwgs by E. C. Gardner, plans. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover in gilted border, signature on endpaper, 'with complements' and signed by the author on half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'I have especially sought to excite the ambition of the holders of these humble estates, who believe nothing can be done in the way of adornment of country property. The book is a tract for homeliness; and I hope it may make country proselytes.' [preface]. The author of My Farm at Edgewood, Wet Days at Edgewood, etc, has here re-published his popular Rural Studies with Hints for Country Places, first published in 1867.