Gardens of Eden: Among the World's Most Beautiful Gardens by Holly Kerr Forsyth - 2009

The Miegunyah Press, Australia, 2009. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Gardens of Eden brings together more than fifty of the world's most beautiful gardens. Spanning time and continents, this book visits the glorious paradise gardens of ancient Persia, the restrained gardens of Italy and the Buddhist-inspired landscapes of China and Japan. Gardens of Eden ushers you through a botanical wonderland. Illustrated by more than 500 photographs, this tour takes in such gardens as Les Jardins du Paradis in Cordes-sur-Ciel, France; Nooroo in Australia's Blue Mountains; Villa Lante in Tuscany, Italy-the greatest and most perfect example of High Renaissance art and gardening-and the ancient gardens of Kyoto, Japan. It also surveys gardens in which some of the world's greatest writers found inspiration, such as Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst in Kent, and where politicians found solace, such as George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. A celebration of the ideals and aesthetics that… Read More

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 0522856055 . This is number One Hundred & Thirteen in the Second Series of Miegunyah Publications. With more than 500 photographic illustrations, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 260 x 260mm; xii, 340 pages .

Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 260mm x 255mm. Jacket has light general wear plus minor even sunning to front. No tears. Internally clean. Binding tight. 339pp.