Plate 13. A VINERY. Executed for The Right Honorable the EARL OF COVENTRY, at Croome, Worcestershire
Information
Title
Plate 13. A VINERY. Executed for The Right Honorable the EARL OF COVENTRY, at Croome, Worcestershire
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/5930-1001/13
Author or creator
Josiah Taylor (London, England); bookseller, publisher
Date
01 Sep 1806
Scope & content
Coloured engraved plate depicting designs for a 'vinery'. Includes a transverse section, elevation and plan with a scale bar to the bottom. The design of the building is described in the book as being 'constructed entirely upon arches, in order that the vines may not be interrupted in spreading their roots'. The book plate bears the imprints 'Transverse Section', 'Elevation', 'Plan' and 'London, Published Septr. 1st. 1806, by J. Taylor 59 High Holborn'. From the book 'Plans, elevations and sections, of hot-houses' by George Tod