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Hints for Picturesque Improvements in Ornamented Cottages, and their Scenery: Including Some Observations on the Labourer and His Cottage in Three Essays.
BARTELL, EDMUND

  • Hints for Picturesque Improvements in Ornamented Cottages, and their Scenery: Including Some Observations on the Labourer and His Cottage in Three Essays.

Half-title, 6 hand-tinted aquatint plates after the Author, 4pp adverts at end; xvi+140pp.; a little foxing to a few text leaves.

An interesting contribution to the literature of the Picturesque by a Norfolk doctor. With some knowledge of building materials and construction, he discusses both the cottage orne and improved dwellings for labourers.

Half-title, 6 hand-tinted aquatint plates after the Author, 4pp adverts at end; xvi+140pp.; a little foxing to a few text leaves.

An interesting contribution to the literature of the Picturesque by a Norfolk doctor. With some knowledge of building materials and construction, he discusses both the cottage orne and improved dwellings for labourers.

Binding 8vo orig. pink boards, backed in old dark green cloth, with leather spine label, spine chipped at head and foot, wear on corners, uncut,
Publication First Edition, Printed for J. Taylor, Architectural Library, 1804. A tall uncut copy. BERLIN KAT. 2313.
  • Product Code: RGW19233A
  • Availability: In Stock
  • £400.00