1925 Old English Household Life Some Account of Cottage Objects and Country Folk

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over two-hundred and fifty images across one-hundred and twenty-eight plates. Collated complete. A study of rural life in the nineteenth century, discussing certain objects used in day to day life within cottages, and the way people lived in rural areas. With chapters on the fireplace, candlelight, the cottage kitchen, home industries, and the hearth, amongst other subjects. Written by Gertrude Jekyll, a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist who created over four hundred gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. She also wrote over one thousand articles for magazines such as Country Life and William Robinson's The Garden. With publisher's advertisements to the rear.