Rural Essays by A.J. Downing, Leavitt & Allen, New York, 1854, 557pp, cloth, 6 x 9”, 8vo

Fair condition.  Minor wear and staining to front and rear boards.  Some wear to spine but still legible.  Gift inscription on endpaper.  Hinges are cracked.  Frontispiece opposite title page.  Toning, tea-staining, finger-staining, and age-staining throughout textblock.  Illustrated.  Please see photos.

Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 - July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846-1852).  Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture.