Hints For Picturesque Improvements In Ornamental Cottages and Their Scenery
London: J. Taylor, 1804. First edition. leather_bound. 140 pages. Six aquatint plates. An influential book, Bartell is considered the first to suggest that it was acceptable for the gentry to choose the inexpensive, but tastefully designed "cottage orne" over the substantial country house. ARCHER 14.1. Slight age-toning, moderate surface rubbing..... More