SHENSTONE, William. The Works, In Verse and Prose. London: J. Dodsley, 1777. 3 vols., fifth edition, 8vo (176 x 113mm.) 2 engraved frontispieces, including a portrait, 2 engraved vignettes to titles, 7 engraved illustrations in the text, 1 engraved folding plan of Shenstone’s estate, The Leasowes. (Offsetting, browning throughout, occasional spotting, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns.) Near contemporary tree calf, red morocco lettering pieces to the spines (staining and upper joint of vol. 3 splitting, occasional scuffing). Note: Shenstone’s garden at Leasowes was noted for its simplicity and as an example of the ferme ornée, an expression of the romantic movement in landscape gardening and possibly to be seen as a progenitor of re-wilding. Provenance: A.H.C. Brister (ink name to front pastedowns) (3).