Beschreibung
John Loudon's extensive architectural encyclopeadia, illustrated with thousands of engravings throughout. An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cottages, farms, and villas. This architectural study looks at rural buildings such as the cottage, the villa, country inns, parochial schools, farm houses, offices, gardens and much more.This work helped to establish Loudon as an expertin rural architecture.Prior to this publication he had chiefly been known as a Garden designer, and was respected in the field of landscaping. He was the first to use the term arboretum and was a prolific writer on this subject. He designed many prominent locations such asthe Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the Abbey Cemetery in Bath and Harewood House.A revised new edition.There is not a known collation for Loudon's work, with the lithographic plates usually appearing in the pagination, and printed on both sides Lithographs present are: I, pp10; II, pp22; III, pp24; IV-V, pp29-30; VI-VII, pp.33-34; VIII-IX, pp.45-46; X-XI, pp.49-50;XII-XIII, pp.55-56; XIV-XV, pp.61-62; XVI-XVII, pp.69-70; XVIII-XIX, pp.75-76; XX-XXI, pp.85-86; XXII-XXIII, pp.89-90; XXIV-XXV, pp.95-96; XXVI-XXVII, pp.99-100; XXVIII-XXIX, pp.103-104; XXX-XXXI, pp.109-110; XXXII-XXXII, pp.113-114; XXXII-XXXII, pp.117-118; XXXIII-XXXVI pp.133-134; XXXVII-XL, pp.139-140; XLII-XLIII, pp.159-160; XLIV-XLV, pp.165-166; XLVI-XLVII, pp.169-170; XLVIII-XLVIX, pp.173-174; L-LI, pp.177-178; LV-LVI, pp.187-188; LVII-LX, pp.193-194; LXI-LXIV, pp.199-200; LXV-LXVI, pp.203-204; LXVII-LXVIII, pp.209-210; LXIX-LXXII, pp.215-216; LXXIII-LXXVI, pp.225-226.In addition to the lithographs, this volume is illustrated with over two-thousand in-text engravings.Plates to pages 113-114 and 117-118 are all misnumbered as XXXII, though they all show different engravings.Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear, dated April 1842. In a rebacked cloth binding with the original boards and spine restored, with renewed endpapers. Externally, smart. Evidence of former loss to the spine and extremities. Bumping to the extremities, with a small amount of loss. Spine is faded. Light rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. A little discolouration to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with a few scattered spots and handling marks. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the half-title. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 921P17
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