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1. The beauties of Stow, or, A description of the pleasant seat, and noble gardens, of the right honourable Lord Viscount Cobham : with above thirty designs, or drawings, engraved on copper-plates, of each particular building / by George Bickham.

The beauties of Stow, or, A description of the pleasant seat, and noble gardens, of the right honourable Lord Viscount Cobham : with above thirty designs, or drawings, engraved on copper-plates, of each particular building / by George Bickham.
Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:
1750
Physical Description:
67 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
54, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

3. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., port., map, 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Beauties of Stow, or, A description of the most noble house, gardens & magnificent buildings therein, of the Right Honorable Earl Temple, Viscount & Baron Cobham : with above thirty plates of each particular building, two views of the house, and a curious general plan of the whole gardens / by Geo. Bickham, engraver.

Beauties of Stow, or, A description of the most noble house, gardens & magnificent buildings therein, of the Right Honorable Earl Temple, Viscount & Baron Cobham : with above thirty plates of each particular building, two views of the house, and a curious general plan of the whole gardens / by Geo. Bickham, engraver.
Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:
[1753]
Physical Description:
67, [3] p., [31] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. H. Repton, landscape gardener [graphic] : Hare Street, near Romford, Essex / H. Repton inv. & delin. ; T. Medland sculpt.

H. Repton, landscape gardener [graphic] : Hare Street, near Romford, Essex / H. Repton inv. & delin. ; T. Medland sculpt.
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
[ca. 1797?]
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; sheet 66 x 95 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An essay on design in gardening.

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Creator:
Mason, George, 1735–1806
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
[iv], 54 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Practical hints upon landscape gardening : with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery / by William S. Gilpin, Esq.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William Sawrey, 1762–1843
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
xii, 228 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ...

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Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[iii]-vi, [iii]-iv, 92 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., plans, port., facsim. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Invisible pleasure-ground fences for enclosing lawns, shrubberies and ornamented walks.

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Creator:
James Pilton's Manufactory (Middlesex, England)
Date:
[ca. 1809]
Physical Description:
[2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of the late Humphry Repton, esq. : being his entire works on these subjects : with an historical and scientific introduction, a systematic analysis, a biographical notice, notes, and a copious alphabetical index / by J. C. Loudon ; originally published in one folio and three quarto volumes, and now comprised in one volume octavo ; illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xxxi, 619 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The villa gardener : comprising the choice of a suburban villa residence; the laying out, planting, and culture of the garden and grounds : and the management of the villa farm, including the dairy and poultry-yard ... / By J. C. Loudon.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
xii, 516 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Dell'arte dei giardini inglesi / di Ercole Silva.

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Creator:
Silva, Ercole, 1756–1840
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A practical treatise on planting and the management of woods and coppices / by S.H.

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Creator:
Hayes, Samuel
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
ix, [2], 189 p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble & puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckinghamshire.

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Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[3], vi-[viii], [9]-63, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

15. Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham, one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens : and also a separate plan of the house and of each building, with perspective views of the same.

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Date:
1777
Physical Description:
41, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Remarks on certain improvements proposed for the park and grounds at Dovecot House, the property of Adam Dugdale Esqre : referring to a folio volume of delineations / by J.C. Loudon. London, March 1820.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 v. (153 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A treatise on forming, improving, and managing country residences : and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers : ... with an appendix ... / By John Loudon.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. An historical and descriptive account of Croome d'Abitot, the seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of Coventry : with biographical notices of the Coventry family : to which are annexed an hortus croomensis, and observations on the propagation of exotics / by William Dean.

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Creator:
Dean, William
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
93, 161 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. : 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The suburban gardener and villa companion : comprising the choice of a suburban or villa residence, or of a situation on which to form one : the arrangement and furnishing of the house and the laying out, planting, and general management of the garden and grounds : the whole adapted for grounds from one perch to fifty acres and upwards in extent : and intended for the instruction of those who know little of gardening and rural affairs : and more particularly for the use of ladies / by J. C. Loudon ... ; illustrated by numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xvi, 752 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts