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The Gardens of England. London: T. Mc.Lean, 1857.
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BROOKE, E. Adveno (1821-1910)
The Gardens of England. London: T. Mc.Lean, 1857.
First edition of Brooke's work on English gardens. The gardens include those at Alton Towers, Bowood, Woburn Abbey, Eaton Hall, Holkham House, Castle Howard, Wilton, Harewood, Trentham Hall and others. Abbey Scenery 392.
Folio (540 x 380 mm). Chromolithographic frontispiece printed on thick paper and mounted on card, chromolithographic title, lithographic dedication, 24 chromolithographic views of gardens finished by hand printed on thick paper and mounted on card, 16 lithographic vignettes mounted on india paper (frontispiece caption fractionally chipped with loss of 4 letters, 4 plates cropped just touching caption and few others with loss of the artist’s initials and letters of imprint, variable spotting, heavy in places particularly affecting title and some text leaves, spotting to plates mainly confined to margins). Contemporary green half morocco by Bickers & Son, gilt spine and edges (extremities faintly rubbed, lower cover more heavily).
The Gardens of England. London: T. Mc.Lean, 1857.
First edition of Brooke's work on English gardens. The gardens include those at Alton Towers, Bowood, Woburn Abbey, Eaton Hall, Holkham House, Castle Howard, Wilton, Harewood, Trentham Hall and others. Abbey Scenery 392.
Folio (540 x 380 mm). Chromolithographic frontispiece printed on thick paper and mounted on card, chromolithographic title, lithographic dedication, 24 chromolithographic views of gardens finished by hand printed on thick paper and mounted on card, 16 lithographic vignettes mounted on india paper (frontispiece caption fractionally chipped with loss of 4 letters, 4 plates cropped just touching caption and few others with loss of the artist’s initials and letters of imprint, variable spotting, heavy in places particularly affecting title and some text leaves, spotting to plates mainly confined to margins). Contemporary green half morocco by Bickers & Son, gilt spine and edges (extremities faintly rubbed, lower cover more heavily).
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