Cottages and cottage life : containing plans for country houses, adapted to the means and wants of the people of the United States ; with directions for building and improving for the laying out and embellishing of grounds ; with some sketches of life in the country
A pattern book of modest country houses by Charles Wyllys Elliott, published in Cincinnati and New York in 1848 for American families building or improving a home and its grounds. Illustrations pair heavy-lined floor plans, rooms labelled in script with dimensions, against lithographic elevations of vine-covered cottages with chimneys, dormers and shade trees; useful for architectural line stock, hand-lettered labels and solid black wall masses.
