xxxviii, cxxxvi monochrome plate illustrations, four tipped in, mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Half bound in green leather over marbled paper boards. red and black leather title labels on a spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 4to. Boards heavily worn, with leather chipped, rubbed and scuffed, peeling on one corner and at ends of a dried and faded spine. Large bookplate of the GWR [Great Western Railway] Mechanic's Institution, Swindon, on the front paste down. First and last few pages have a little light soiling and faint spotting. Tissue-guard for the first colour plate is absent. Likely a later binding.
A beautiful photographic survey of some of the historic gardens at the country and historic homes in the English midlands and eastern counties.
