Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.

A treatise on forming, improving, and managing country residences : and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers, in all which the object in view is to unite in a better manner than has hitherto been done, a taste founded in nature with economy and utility, in constructing or improving mansions, and other rural buildings, so as to combine architectural fitness with picturesque effect : and in forming gardens, orchards, farms, parks, pleasure grounds, shrubberies, all kinds of useful or decorative plantations, and every object of convenience or beauty peculiar to country seats, according to the extent, character, or style of situations, and the rank, fortune, and expenditure of proprietors, from the cottage to the palace : with an appendix, containing an enquiry into the utility and merits of Mr. Repton's mode of shewing effects by slides and sketches, and strictures on his opinions and practice in landscape gardening : illustrated by descriptions of scenery and buildings, by references to country seats, and passages of country in most parts of Great Britain, and by thirty-two engravings / by John Loudon, Esq.

Westmead, England : Gregg International, 1971.

2 volumes (723 pages) : plates, plans ; 23 cm

057615203X
9780576152037
0576151939
9780576151931

Landscape gardening.
Landscape architecture.
Architecture, Domestic History 19th century.
Landscape architecture History 19th century.
Country homes Great Britain.
Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Architecture du paysage.
Jardins Architecture.
Architecture du paysage Histoire 19e siècle.
landscape gardening.
Country homes.
Architecture, Domestic.
Great Britain.
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

History.

Location: Library main 143344
Call No.: W699; ID:87-B18370
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 143343
Call No.: W699; ID:87-B18370
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available