Entrée principale:

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, author.

Titre et auteur:

Essai sur l'art des jardins modernes / par M. Horace Walpole ; traduit en fraņcois par M. le Duc de Nivernois, en M DCC LXXXIV.

Publication:

Imprimé à Strawberry-Hill : par T. Kirgate, M DCC LXXXV [1785]

Description:

94 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Half title in English, "Essay on Modern Gardening, By Mr. Horace Walpole."
Etched vignette on half-title. Some head- and tail-pieces and initials.
In case measuring 27 cm.
"Imprimé à Strawberry-Hill, par T. Kirgate."
Engraved vignette on English title-page; head- and tail-pieces.
English title: Essay on modern gardening.
Essay was first printed at Mr. Walpole's private press at Strawberry Hill in 1771.
First edition of the French translation, limited to 400 copies.
Avery Classics copy: With armorial bookplate of George Marton and bookplate of Charles Ballantyne Yarrow--Page [2] of cover.
NNC
Avery Classics copy: With ink annotations.
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T145371
Parallel text in English and French, translated from the original English.

Résumé:

This work was first printed at Mr. Walpole's private press, Strawberry Hill, in 1771. It appeared in the fourth volume of Anecdotes of Painting in England under the title The Modern Taste in Gardening. See B. Henrey, pages 524-527; Hunt, pages 449-540.

Ressources:
Donor bookplate

Sujet:

Barrett-Lennard, Thomas Richard Fiennes, Sir, bart., 1898- Ms. notes.
Landscape gardening History Early works to 1800.
Gardens Design Early works to 1800.
Landscape gardening England Early works to 1800.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Landscape gardening
Gardens.

Classification/genre:

Binders' stamps (Binding) Jenkins & Cecil. CtY-LW
Binders' tickets (Binding) C. Kalthoeber. CtY-LW
History
Armorial bookplates NNC
Bookplates NNC
Annotations NNC
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) CtY-LW
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) 18th century. CtY-LW

Vedettes secondaires:

Kirgate, Thomas, printer.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. History of the modern taste in gardening.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. History of the modern taste in gardening. French.
Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, translator.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England), publisher.

Essay on modern gardening / by Mr. Horace Walpole

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque cage harris 26011
Cote: ID88B120
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 26010
Cote: 6018; ID:88-B121
Statut: Disponible