Excerpt from English Houses and Gardens in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Series of Bird's-Eye Views Reproduced From Contemporary Engravings by Kip, Badeslade, Harris and Others Further, at this time, the art of designing and laying-out formal gardens with their accessories was at its height, and the extensive use of wrought-iron work for gates and railings had just come into fashion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.