Cloth
1886 · New York
by SCOTT, Frank J.
New York: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1886. Cloth. Very good +. [GARDENING] [DESIGN] [ARCHITECTURE]. 8vo; viii [5] 12-618pp; dark green cloth over board, gilt-stamped title on front and spine, black and gilt-stamped border of pine boughs, black-stamped vignette of a house on front; black and cream floral endpapers; owners bookplate to ffep; 32 engraved plates including frontispiece; b&w illustrations in text and chapter head-pieces; light shelf-wear to boards, a few spots; very good plus. An extensive discourse on garden design with plates showing garden architecture. Chapters include decorative planting, suburban neighborhoods compared with country places, building sites, dwellings and fences; decorative planting, walks and roads, drainage, renovations, lawns, shrubs and trees, flowers, vines and creepers.
(Inventory #: 1491)