WORCESTERSHIRE. DEAN (William). An Historical and Descriptive Account of Croome d'Abitot, the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry; with Biographical Notices of the Coventry Family: to which are Annexed an Hortus Croomensis, and Observations on the Propagation of Exotics.1824

Worcester: Printed and Published for the Author, by T. Eaton, First edition, 8vo (194 x 119 mm), [4], [12, list of subscribers], [5]-93, [1], 161, [1]pp., aquatint frontispiece of Croome Court and 3 further aquatint plates of garden buildings, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked, the plates are offset otherwise a very clean copy. Croome Court was 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape, making his reputation and establishing a new style of garden design which became universally adopted over the next 50 years. The elegant Croome Park buildings and other structures are mostly by Robert Adam and James Wyatt. This rare guide book to the house and gardens, by the head gardener at Croome, also contains a 161 page catalogue of plants grown at Croome. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers. Holmes, p.82; Cooper II, pp.80-1.