Name: Auction: [Loudon, John Claudius] Hints on the Formation of Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 693 GBP
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs 

Sale number: 725 Our Wednesday 08 February 2023 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs include a superb copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the masterpiece of the private press movement, a unique association copy of the Cranwell edition of T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a first-edition set of The Lord of the Rings complete with the dust jackets, a remarkable naval document signed by Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, a dedicated section of books and manuscripts relating to India and South Asia including autograph letters by Mahatma Gandhi, and more.

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with designs in various styles of rural embellishment: comprising plans for laying out flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens, and the arrangement of glass-houses, hot walls, and stoves. London: John Harding, 1812. First edition, 4to, [xii], 70, [2pp. adverts.], 20 double-page engraved plates mounted on guards, original boards, uncut, plate 1 detached, lower board detached, the boards lacking their paper covering, some damp-staining to fore margins, a few light spots, short marginal tear to head of title. Rare.

[Loudon, John Claudius]

Hints on the Formation of Gardens and Pleasure Grounds

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