Main entry:

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, author

Title & Author:

The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating : with three hundred and twenty illustrations / by A.J. Downing ...

Publication:

New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo. S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut Street, M DCCC L [1850]

Description:

x pages, 1 leaf, 484 pages, plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Wood engravings throughout. Label '48' on spine. Pagination: i-v vi vii viii-x xi-xii 1 2-191 192 193-253 254-256 257-484 [Total of 496 pp.] Page 139, underlined in pencil: "Lawrence" and "Collis's." Yellow strip of lined paper, and a torn off page corner as bookmarks, in mylar, page 317.
Many of the illustrations engraved by Anderson.
Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0486220036

Subject:

Country homes United States Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans.
Maisons de campagne États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture, Domestic

Form/genre:

Library rules.
Relief prints.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) 1850.
Blocked bindings (Binding)
Gold blocked bindings (Binding)
Color printing (Printing) Plates.
Bookplates (Provenance) Library rules. MWA.
Library copies (Provenance) MWA.

Added entries:

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.

Downing's country houses

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136121
Call No.: 8173; ID:86-B8787
Status: Available

Location: Library main 136120
Call No.: W908; ID:86-B8787
Status: Available

Location: Library main 136122
Call No.: 237; ID:86-B8787
Status: Available