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"Old London Gardens" 1953 TAYLOR, Gladys
$125
TAYLOR, Gladys
[194] pp.
B.T. Batsford Ltd
1953
9" x 6 1/4"
The Jacket design by William McClaren is based on the print of the garden at Chiswick House
Color frontis of Buckingham House from St. James's Park, acknowledgments, list of 42 additional b&w illustrationsm plus decorative tailpieces at the end of chapters, I. The Earliest Gardens: Monastic Gardens, Westminster Abbey; II. Mediaeval Gardens: Ely Place, The Inns of Court; III. Conventual Gardens: Charterhous, Syon House; IV. Ecclesiastical Gardens: Lambeth Palace, Fulham Palace; V. Citizens' Gardens; VI. Hampton Court; VII. Famous Gardeners: Turner, Gerard, Parkinson, L'Obel, Tuggie, the Tradescants, the Garderners' Company; VIII. Vanished Gardens: The Great More House, Sir William Temple's Gardens, Sayes Court; IX. Chelsea Gardens: The Royal Hospital, The Physic Garden; X. More Famous Gardeners: Rose, London and Wise, Bridgeman, Kent, "Capability" Brown, Repton, the Loddiges, Robinson; XI. Private Gardens: Ham House, Chiswick House; XII. Royal Gardens: Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace; XIII. Further Royal Gardens: The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew; bibliography, index. First Edition, 1953. "The book's many illustrations are all taken from old prints and paintings in which each garden is seen in its prime. In a most interesting collection, the extraordinarily detailed engravings made by J. Kip and S. Knyff about 1700 are especially remarkable.
[194] pp.
B.T. Batsford Ltd
1953
9" x 6 1/4"
The Jacket design by William McClaren is based on the print of the garden at Chiswick House
Color frontis of Buckingham House from St. James's Park, acknowledgments, list of 42 additional b&w illustrationsm plus decorative tailpieces at the end of chapters, I. The Earliest Gardens: Monastic Gardens, Westminster Abbey; II. Mediaeval Gardens: Ely Place, The Inns of Court; III. Conventual Gardens: Charterhous, Syon House; IV. Ecclesiastical Gardens: Lambeth Palace, Fulham Palace; V. Citizens' Gardens; VI. Hampton Court; VII. Famous Gardeners: Turner, Gerard, Parkinson, L'Obel, Tuggie, the Tradescants, the Garderners' Company; VIII. Vanished Gardens: The Great More House, Sir William Temple's Gardens, Sayes Court; IX. Chelsea Gardens: The Royal Hospital, The Physic Garden; X. More Famous Gardeners: Rose, London and Wise, Bridgeman, Kent, "Capability" Brown, Repton, the Loddiges, Robinson; XI. Private Gardens: Ham House, Chiswick House; XII. Royal Gardens: Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace; XIII. Further Royal Gardens: The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew; bibliography, index. First Edition, 1953. "The book's many illustrations are all taken from old prints and paintings in which each garden is seen in its prime. In a most interesting collection, the extraordinarily detailed engravings made by J. Kip and S. Knyff about 1700 are especially remarkable.