1842 An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture

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Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cottages, farms, and villas. This architectural study looks at rural buildings such as the cottage, the villa, country inns, parochial schools, farm houses, offices, gardens and much more.

This work helped to establish Loudon as an expert in rural architecture.  Prior to this publication he had chiefly been known as a Garden designer, and was respected in the field of landscaping. He was the first to use the term arboretum and was a prolific writer on this subject. He designed many prominent locations such as the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the Abbey Cemetery in Bath and Harewood House. 

A revised new edition.

There is not a known collation for Loudon's work, with the lithographic plates usually appearing in the pagination, and printed on both sides Lithographs present are: I, pp10; II, pp22; III, pp24; IV-V, pp29-30; VI-VII, pp.33-34; VIII-IX, pp.45-46; X-XI, pp.49-50;  XII-XIII, pp.55-56; XIV-XV, pp.61-62; XVI-XVII, pp.69-70; XVIII-XIX, pp.75-76; XX-XXI, pp.85-86; XXII-XXIII, pp.89-90; XXIV-XXV, pp.95-96; XXVI-XXVII, pp.99-100; XXVIII-XXIX, pp.103-104; XXX-XXXI, pp.109-110; XXXII-XXXII, pp.113-114; XXXII-XXXII, pp.117-118; XXXIII-XXXVI pp.133-134; XXXVII-XL, pp.139-140; XLII-XLIII, pp.159-160; XLIV-XLV, pp.165-166; XLVI-XLVII, pp.169-170; XLVIII-XLVIX, pp.173-174; L-LI, pp.177-178; LV-LVI, pp.187-188; LVII-LX, pp.193-194; LXI-LXIV, pp.199-200; LXV-LXVI, pp.203-204; LXVII-LXVIII, pp.209-210; LXIX-LXXII, pp.215-216; LXXIII-LXXVI, pp.225-226. 

In addition to the lithographs, this volume is illustrated with over two-thousand in-text engravings. 

Plates to pages 113-114 and 117-118 are all misnumbered as XXXII, though they all show different engravings.

Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear, dated April 1842.