New principles of gardening: . or, the laying out and planting parterres, groves, wildernesses, labyrinths, avenues, parks, &c. after a more grand and rural manner, than has been done before; [...] By Batty Langley of Twickenham.
Batty Langley (1696-1751)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048599
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xvi,[8],207,[1],191,[1]p., [26] plates (folding) . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.5. Annotations in the hand of George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758) on pp. 57,73,77,78,105,110,201,141.. Provenance: Monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters smooth (22mm x 15mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; binder's tool 2 (29x22mm); spine gilt, Monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters smooth (22mm x 15mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].
Makers and roles
Batty Langley (1696-1751)