Villas and Cottages: A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Vaux, Calvert. Second Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. xxiv, 348 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth board with gold embossed decoration to cover boards, same image blind embossed on rear board, gold titling to spine that has faded with age. Bookseller label on front pastedown, Illustrated with 370 engravings throughout the text and a chromolithographed plate of tile designs at rear. Quite clean with very little foxing. Very Good. Item #31656
Perhaps best known as the partner of Frederick Law Olmsted in designing New York's Central Park, Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) was trained as an architect and was responsible for the built environment of much of what we know come to visualize in Central Park. Vaux had a long career as an architect post-Olmsted and popularized his work and designs through this volume, which set the standard for what has been known as "Victorian Gothic" architecture. An important publication in 19th century American Architecture.
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