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Rare and modern books

Hadfield, Miles

Gardening in Britain

1960

28.20 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1960
Place of printing
London. Hutchinson
Author
Hadfield, Miles
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Gardening - History
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 481 pp, frontis, 32 plates, some with two illus, plus text illus, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, endpaper gardening plans, near fine and clean in very good dj (lightly rubbed, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This scholarly yet highly entertaining book covers all aspects of garden design and horticulture from a historical point-of-view, from the mythical Edens of the Tudors, the knot-gardens and parterres of the Jacobeans, the French and Dutch Formalities, the Restoration, Georgian gardens, Victorian gardens to the return to Nature in the twentieth century. The author is a popular and respected garden historian and writer.