English houses & gardens in the 17th and 18th centuries : a series of bird's-eye views reproduced from contemporary engravings by Kip, Badeslade, Harris and others / With descriptive notes by Mervyn Macartney
1908, First Edition. London : B.T. Batsford. Very good copy in ornamentally printed publisher's boards, slightly rubbed along the edges, backed in gilt-blocked vellum, now somewhat dust-dulled. Preliminary and final pages somewhat foxed, with scattered faint foxing internally to the margins. Remains a strong and well-preserved copy overall. Item #459291
Physical description: viii, xvi, 34, [2] pages, 61 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm x 27 cm. Notes: Publisher's advertisements at end. Includes reproductions of works by Kip, Badeslade, Harris and other engravers. Subjects: Macartney, Mervyn Edmund, Sir, 1853-1932. Country homes - England - History - 17th-18th centuries - Pictorial works. Gardens, English - History - 17th-18th centuries - Pictorial works. Landscape architecture - England - 17th-18th centuries - Pictorial works. Architecture, Domestic - England - 17th-18th centuries - Pictorial works. Bird's-eye views in art. Historic buildings - England - Pictorial works.
Price: €60.00