Author: KIP. BADESLADE. HARRIS & OTHERS.
Title: English Houses & Gardens in the 17th and 18th Centuries. A Series of Bird's-Eye Views.
Description: London: B.T.Batsford, 1908. 1st edition. A collection from various sources a series of the fascinating bird's-eye views by Kip, Knyff, Loggan, Badeslade, Harris, Burghers and others made at the end of the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of the engravings reproduced appear in rare county histories and books of views of the period. 20.5cms x 26.5cms x 3cms. Pp.xvi/36 (text) + 61 plates interspersed throughout, ownership inkstamp of Helen MacGregor Byrne to front free endpaper, spotting to illustrated title page, creased cracki to rear inside board. Vellum spine with green paper-covered boards, gilt title to spine, boards rubbed with creasing and wear to rear board. Good.** Helen Macgregor Byrne wife of James Byrne, Esq.? "Between 1904 and 1912, Helen MacGregor Byrne – wife of New York City lawyer James Byrne – purchased six farming properties which she collectively referred to as "Upper Planting Fields Farm". The Byrnes hired landscape architect James Leal Greenleaf between 1904 and 1910 to create hedges, perennial borders, and espaliered fruit trees." Now the site of Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park. (wiki).

Keywords: Kip Badeslade Harris English Houses Gardens Bird's-Eye Views Architectiure Garden Design Illustrated Helen Macgregor Byrne 52745 Architecture


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