Andrew Jackson Downing; Essential Texts

Downing, Andrew Jackson & Robert Twombly

ISBN 10: 0393733599 ISBN 13: 9780393733594

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2012

Language: English

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B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; 2012 W. W. Norton & Company. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; unread and as new. Fine.

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Title

Andrew Jackson Downing; Essential Texts

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, New York

Publication Date

2012

Language

English

ISBN 10

0393733599

ISBN 13

9780393733594

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Fine

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A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States.

Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion. Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building, Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification, Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction to Downing’s life and work and suggestions for further reading. 20 illustrations

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Robert Twombly teaches at the Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College, New York City. He lives in West Nyack, New York.

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