Main entry:

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

Title & Author:

Rural essays / by A.J. Downing ; edited, with a memoir of the author, by George William Curtis ; and a letter to his friends, by Frederika Bremer.

Publication:

New York : George P. Putnam and Company, 10 Park Place, M.DCCC.LIII [1853]

Description:

lxxi, 557 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait (1) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Engraved frontispiece portrait with stipple of Downing, drawn by J. Halpin, Sr. Label on inside front cover: "CREAMER, Lynde Place, SALEM." Inscribed in pen an front free endpaper: "Willis R. Whipple April 1853." "GWillisWhipple September 1909." Page xi, piece torn out on bottom edge. Pages 37-44, 285-[288], 335-336, 355-356, 501-506 519-524, 533-540, bottom edges ragged.Wood engravings throughout.
Added t.p., engraved, with vignette ("The library: residence of the late A.J. Downing."
Includes bibliographical references.
Memoirs -- Letter from Miss Bremer -- Horticulture -- Landscape gardening -- Rural architecture -- Trees -- Agriculture -- Fruit -- Letters from England.
The Andrew Jackson Downing Collection (1 of 106 volumes). Inscribed in pen an front free endpaper: "Willis R. Whipple April 1853." "GWillisWhipple September 1909."

Subject:

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852.
Gardening.
Agriculture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Landscape architecture.
Trees.
Jardinage.
Architecture du paysage.
Arbres.
gardening.
agriculture (discipline)
landscape architecture (discipline)
trees (woody plants)

Added entries:

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, editor, author.
Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136054
Call No.: 45; ID:86-B8768
Status: Available