Hints For Picturesque Improvements In Ornamental Cottages and Their Scenery
- leather_bound
- London: J. Taylor, 1804
London: J. Taylor, 1804. First edition. leather_bound. 19th century half brown calf and marbled boards with all edges marbled. Very good. 140 pages. Six aquatint plates. An influential book, Bartell is considered the first to suggest that it was acceptable for the gentry to choose the inexpensive, but tastefully designed "cottage orne" over the substantial country house. ARCHER 14.1. Slight age-toning, moderate surface rubbing, raised bands, leather spine label lettered in gilt.
Details
Title
Hints For Picturesque Improvements In Ornamental Cottages and Their Scenery
Author
Bartell, Edmund
Binding
leather_bound
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
J. Taylor: London
Date
1804
Edition
First edition