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The flowering of the landscape garden : English pleasure grounds, 1720-1800 / Mark Laird Hardcover - 1999
by Laird, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
While this book is primarily devoted to the historical reconstruction of the formal and horticultural characteristics of "theatrical" shrubberies and flower beds, it also aims to animate the world of the 18th-century pleasure ground. 294 illustrations, 66 in color.
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Details
- Title The flowering of the landscape garden : English pleasure grounds, 1720-1800 / Mark Laird
- Author Laird, Mark
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
- Date 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 362750
- ISBN 9780812234572 / 081223457X
- Weight 5.06 lbs (2.30 kg)
- Dimensions 11.38 x 8.66 x 1.68 in (28.91 x 22.00 x 4.27 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Gardens, English - History - 18th century, Gardens - England - History - 18th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-22949
- Dewey Decimal Code 712.094
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/1999, Page 155
- New York Times, 06/06/1999, Page 16