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(WHATELY, Thomas). Observations On Modern Gardening. Illustrated by Descriptions.
London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1777. Fourth edition. Tall 8vo., full cont. calf, (258)pp. Outer front hinge cracked holding by top thread only, the cover has been re-enforced with archival tape, dampstaining on the lower fore-edge affecting the margins of a few leaves, otherwise a good copy of this important work on landscape gardening.
Allibone states, "the taste for English gardening makes great progress here..." Whately was "the earliest writer I believe on the subject, landscape gardening. From his work which went through several editions, subsequent writers have borrowed largely, and generally with little acknowledgment..."