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MILNER, Henry Ernest (1845-1906). The Art and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: The Author and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., Limited, 1890.
4to (310 x 237). Half-title, 10 etched sepia plates by J.R. Hutchinson, 12 wood-engraved plates (10 colored, 2 double-page). (Some light spotting.) Original publisher’s green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some rubbing to extremities, some light wear to corners).
FIRST EDITION of Milner’s text covering all aspects of landscape gardening. Milner was an English landscape architect and civil engineer. This present work spurred commissions for notable projects, including the 250 acres at Wembley Park for Sir Edward Watkin’s, the gardens at Friar Park for Sir Frank Crisp, and the parterre at Gatton Park for Sir Jeremiah Colman.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum