Brooke, The Gardens of England, [1857]

BROOKE, E. ADVENO

The Gardens of England. T. Mclean, [1857]

folio, FIRST EDITION, chromolithographed title-page and 25 chromolithographed plates heightened with gum arabic, lithographed dedication leaf, letterpress text, 16 lithographed vignettes on india paper pasted into text, green half morocco, spine gilt, collects or's slipcase, a few plates with minor chipping or small tears in margins, "View from Upper Terrace Walk in the Gardens at Shrublands" trimmed just through sub-title, some very light browning and offsetting to a few pages

The magnificent gardens depicted include those at Trentham Hall, Enville Hall, Bowood House, Alton Towers, Elvaston Castle, Shrublands Hall, Woburn Abbey, Worlsey Hall, Eaton Hall, Holkham House, Castle Howard and many others. Brooke was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy and British Institution in the period between 1853 and 1864. He writes in the preface: “It is the result of years of labour, and it is almost needless to add, has been completed at no small trouble and expense"

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