[Rarebooks] fs: Olmsted's mentor on landscaping the American country house

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9740 )  Downing, A[ndrew]. J[ackson]. (1815-1852), Supplement by Henry 
Winthrop Sargent. A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE 
GARDENING. ADAPTED TO NORTH AMERICA; WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF 
COUNTRY RESIDENCES
WITH REMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
New-York: Orange Judd & Company, [1870?]. Eighth Edition, Original cloth, 
Octavo, xvi, 17-576 pages, black and white engraved plates. Near Fine.
      A. J. Downing's landmark book presenting his ideas of Gothic Revival 
style applied to landscaping and rural architecture in America. It was the 
first book of its kind published in the United States when it originally 
appeared in 1841. Downing was one of the first advocates of the space that 
became New York's Central Park. He was a partner of Calvert Vaux and had a 
significant influence on the work of Frederick Law Olmsted. Downing was 
killed in the tragic explosion of the steamer Henry Clay on the Hudson 
River. His book is dedicated to John Quincy Adams by permission. Bound in 
dark green textured cloth over bevelled boards with gilt-stamped spine and 
upper board, blind-stamped border rules on both boards, dark brown 
endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece engraved portrait of Downing. 
Illustrated throughout with engravings on steel, wood, and stone. Front 
endpaper is split along inner hinge but hinge remains intact. Binding shows 
minor edge wear. Two prior owner names penned at top edge of preliminary 
blank leaf....... $300.00
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Rock
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