1978 - Victorian Landscape Gardening

Published 1978Published By The American Life Foundation For The Athenaeum of Nineteenth Century America Introduction By David Schuyler  Facsimile reprint of 1870 edition by Jacob Weidenmann- “Beautifying Country Homes. A Hndbook of Landscape Gardening”. Weidenmann was born in Switzerland and studied botany in Zurich. in 1856 he immigrated to the United States where he saw opportunities in landscape gardening and received large commissions for his landscape designs. Softcover Four Full-page color plates with 23 full-page black and white plates, numerous smaller black & white drawings, binding tight, clean pages. Very good condition. Large Folio Size Size: 1- 1/4” x 13 1/2”