The Architecture Of Country Houses; Including Designs For Cottages, Farm-Houses, And Villas. Part I. Cheap Cottages And Farm-Houses Adapted To The United States. Personal Copy Of Philadelphia Printer Thomas Mackellar. Downing, Andrew Jackson Collectibles Room

The Architecture of Country Houses; Including Designs for Cottages, Farm-Houses, and Villas. Part I. Cheap Cottages and Farm-Houses Adapted to the United States. By A.J. Downing and printed in New York City by D. Appleton and Company. 1851, 253 pp, 9.25” x 6”, 8vo, hardcover full cloth. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to exterior of boards, primarily along edges and corners. Chipping and losses to cloth on spine. Cracking to front hinge, with board slightly loose at top. Text block remains bound well Bookplate of MacKellar on front pastedown, with signature on top of title page. Light staining remnants to edges and corners of pages. Nicely illustrated throughout, with both full-page plates and small in-text engravings. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. Volume I only, with Volume II possibly not issued following the author’s death. A scarce piece by Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852), an American architect, writer, horticulturalist, and one of the founding influences of American landscape architecture. Thomas MacKellar (1812-1899) was an influential Philadelphia printer and author, and a member of the publishing house of MacKellar, Smith & Jordan. COLA1851CGHX