Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation : containing directions for the surveying and distributing of a country-scat into rural and extensive gardens, by the ornamenting and decoration of distant prospects, farms, parks, paddocks, &c. Originally calculated ... for the embellishment of countries in general; as also for an introduction to a general system of agriculture and planting. Illustrated with above fifty copper plates ... / by Stephen Switzer.

Author/creator Switzer, Stephen
Format Electronic
Edition2d. ed., with large additions ...
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. and J. Fox [etc.], 1742.
Description3 volumes, plates (part folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Variant title Ichnographia rustica
Variant title Nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation
General noteIncludes indexes to each v.
General noteVol. 1 first pub. 1715 as "The noblemann, gentleman, and gardener's recreation"; reissued in 1718 with the addition of 2 further volumes as "Ichnographia rustica; or, The present edition is that of 1718 "unaltered except for addition of a preface and an appendix." cf. Dict. of nat. biog.
General noteAppendix has special t.-p. and pagination.
General notePlates numbered irregularly.
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 07890.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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