[Architecture/Gardening/Botany/Painting]. 7 Titles. 8vo/4to. Sold with all faults. ++ 4 Titles by J. C. Loudon. Lon: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Uniform early ½ maroon leather and marbled board, marbled edges and eps. Fair to good, some joints split. Minor foxing. The 4 titles include: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS... 1841; AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GARDENING... (nd), “New Edition;” AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TREES AND SHRUBS… 1842; AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE… 1842, “New Edition, with a Supplement... ++ HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS; Comprising Anecdotal, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, By Various Writers. NY: G. P. Putnam and Co., 1853. Recased, contemporary full black leather laid down on spine and covers. Gilt front cover title, aeg, marbled eps, gilt dentelle. Leather superficially worn. 1 plate stained (facing p306). “Miss Anna W. Dana” ink ownership on engr title’s upper margin and on inserted leaf (the latter with a “January 1, 1853” date). 36 plates (16 lithographed facsimile documents & 20 steel engravings incl frontis & engr title) plus partial-page wood engravings. ++ HOMES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN: With Anecdotal, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches By Various Writers. NY: G. P. Putnam and Co., 1854. Original full brown morocco. Front joint split, rear joint brittle. Lacking at least 1 plate (facing p10), tear to frontis tissue guard, engr title toned. Mounted frontis: “Hancock House, Boston: An Original Crystallotype or Sun Picture.” ++ John Burnet. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON PAINTING. In Three Parts. Consisting of Hints on Compositon, Chiaroscuro, and Colouring… Lon: James Carpenter and Son, 1830, “New Edition” on main title page, “Fourth Edition” on 1st divisional title page. 4to. ¼ maroon leather and marbled board. Marbled eps. Teg. Light surface staining, bdg very good. Plates foxed and toned. Lacking initial half title. 25 plates (some hand-colored). Abbey, Life, 100.