As part of his Encyclopedia of Gardening, John Claudius Loudon published the world's first systematic and professional history of garden design. It combined well-researched text, plans, illustrations and references. The drawings were captioned and fully integrated (graphically) with the text. Loudon's history of garden design was published in the 1822 edition of the Encyclopedia and expanded for the 1835 edition.
See also: John Claudius Loudon: An Appreciation