Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852.

A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America : with a view to the improvement of country residences, comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out grounds and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments of the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, fower gardens, etc. : with remarks on rural architecture / by the late A.J. Downing, Esq.

Seventh edition, enlarged, revised and newly illustrated, with a supplement, containing some remarks about country places, and the best methods of making them; also, an account of the newer deciduous and evergreen plants, lately introduced into cultivation, both hardy and half-hardy / y Henry Winthrop Sargent.

New York : Orange Judd Agricultural Book Publisher, 1865, c1859.

xvi, 576 p. : ill., plans, port. ; 24 cm.

Exhibited: "La pelouse en Amérique: surface de la vie quotidienne = The American lawn: surface of everyday life", Centre canadien d'architecture, June 16-Nov. 8, 1998; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Apr. 3-June 7, 1999.

Landscape gardening.
Architecture, Domestic.
Landscape architecture.
Ornamental trees.
Ornamental trees United States.
Landscape architecture United States.
Landscape gardening United States.
Jardins Architecture.
Architecture du paysage.
Arbres d'ornement.
Arbres d'ornement États-Unis.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Jardins Architecture États-Unis.
landscape gardening.
United States.

Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-1879.
Jordan, H.
Nichols, E. W.
Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882.
Smillie, James, 1807-1885.
Smillie, James David, 1833-1909.
Smith, Henry W., engraver.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 185376
Cote: 73
Statut: Disponible