Victorian cottage residences (original 1856; edition 1981)

by A. J. Downing

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This incredibly rich, firsthand source for the most popular styles of 19th-century Victorian architecture presents 26 cottage designs -- including Gothic, bracketed, Italianate, "rustic," more -- and 155 illustrations (includes floor plans). The small, inexpensive detached house received one of its earliest popularizations here.… (more)

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Title:	Victorian cottage residences
Authors:	A. J. Downing
Info:	New York : Dover Publications, 1981.
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Victorian Cottage Residences by Andrew Jackson Downing (1856)

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Placzek, Adolf K.	Preface	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Victorian Cottage Residences

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Cottage Residences, or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and Their Gardens and Grounds Adapted to North America

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1856

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This incredibly rich, firsthand source for the most popular styles of 19th-century Victorian architecture presents 26 cottage designs -- including Gothic, bracketed, Italianate, "rustic," more -- and 155 illustrations (includes floor plans). The small, inexpensive detached house received one of its earliest popularizations here.

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