Untitled 3 041420 A Treatis on Public Architecture

A Treatis on Public Architecture and Garden Planning

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Originally advertised for issue by subscription as early as 1731

It reflects the geographic knowledge of China as understood by European cartographers during the mid-17th century

Black-billed Cuckoo (Plate 276)

Untitled 3 041420 A Treatis on Public ArchitectureSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)