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	BAIETTA, CRISTIANA (ED.) Tuscany's gardens and villas Touring Club Italiano, Milan & Regione Toscana, Florence, 2003, Translated from Italian.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.A pocket guide to the principal villas of Tuscany, providing useful summaries of opening hours and special features.Some older gardens such as the Orto Botanico in Pisa are given a slightly fuller treatment emphasising their long history.159 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 6082 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BILLINGTON, JILL & LOUSADA, SANDRA London's parks and gardens Frances Lincoln, 2003, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7112 2039 5.As new /As new.A beautifully photographed, fact-filled book on the capital's better and lesser-known parks and gardens and a few of the most important cemeteries.240 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3294 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BISGROVE, RICHARD The gardens of Gertrude Jekyll University of California Press, 2000, First paperback edition, originally published in 1992 by Frances Lincoln.Paper covers with wrap-around flaps.0 520 22620 8.As new /No Jacket.A comprehensive study, with analysis of the colour theory which permeated Jekyll's work.The book is designed to the high standard one associates with Frances Lincoln.192 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3109 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLUNT, WILFRID The Ark in the Park: the zoo in the nineteenth century Hamish Hamilton / The Tryon Gallery, 1976, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 241 89331 3.Fine /V.g. A characteristically witty analysis of the cult of the menagerie.256 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 5649 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLUNT, WILFRID Tulipomania King Penguin, 1950, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Good /Good.Jacket price-clipped, front board bowed, minor chip to base of jacket's spine.32 pp. 16 col.plates. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 \| JP¥ 5870] Book number: 5693 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN Botanic Gardens Glasnevin: short guide Department of Lands and Agriculture / An Roinn Tailte agus Talmhaiochta, n.d.(c.1930), 8th edition, with map.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Believed to be first published in 1885, this version of the 8th edition 8-page guide includes a map, and provides a short paragraph on each of the features of the garden.From the title it must have been published after Irish independence, but the text is scarcely changed from the pre-independence 7th edition.Staple rusted. In English. GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.8 \| JP¥ 5283] Book number: 6210 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: short guide Department of Lands and Agriculture / An Roinn Tailte agus Talmhaiochta, n.d.(c.1930), 8th edition, without map.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Believed to be first published in 1885, this unillustrated 8-page guide provides a short paragraph on each of the features of the garden.From the title it must have been published after Irish independence, but the text is scarcely changed in the pre-independence 7th edition.Staples rusted. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 6209 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRADLEY, JYLL Mr Roscoe's garden Liverpool University Press, 2008, 1st edition.Publisher's illustrated boards.978 1 84631 166 6.New /No Jacket.168 pp.An artist's book giving a very personal view of the history of Liverpool's botanic gardens and their founder William Roscoe.Beautifully illustrated with a large front section of colour photographs, the text describes the diaspora of living plant collections, paintings, books, archives and memories as components of what the author describes as an 'imaginary garden' which could still re-emerge into the real world in the future given sufficient political will and commitment.In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.86 \| JP¥ 3522] Book number: 4325 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, JANE Eminent gardeners: some people of influence and their gardens, 1880-1980 1990, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 670 81964 6.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.(8), 183 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 5888 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, JANE Gardens of a golden afternoon Penguin Books, 1988, Paperback edition, first published in 1982.Paper covers.0 14 008021 X.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear, internally near fine.The author examines the background to the collaboration between Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.One of the most enthusiastically received garden histories of the 1980s, this is essential reading for anyone seeking an informed appreciation of their unique partnership.208 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 2827 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHASE, ISABEL WAKELIN URBAN Horace Walpole: gardenist Princeton University Press, 1943, 1st edition.Publisher's green cloth, gilt title on spine.V.g./No Jacket.Slight corner wear, otherwise a very good copy.Blind stamp of Brewster Rogerson on ffep. In English. GBP 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 199.75 US$ 298.98 \| JP¥ 26414] Book number: 4800 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CLARK, H.F. The English landscape garden Pleiades Books, London, 1948, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket torn at hinge (section missing from spine), frayed at edges; internally sound.64 pp. 56 plates.In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 4878 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COATS, PETER Flowers: the story of flowers, plants and gardens through the ages Peerage Books, 1970, Reissue of Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition of 1970.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 907408 53 2.V.g./V.g. Slight sunning to rear of jacket, otherwise little used.264 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 5778 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COBBETT, WILLIAM The English gardener: a treatise on the kitchen garden, the flower garden, the shrubbery, and the orchard Richard Griffin, London & Glasgow, n.d.[1845], Reprint, first published in 1833.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Corners bumped, edge wear to spine, owner's signature on ffep.(1), 405, (5) pp. In English. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 5531 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COFFE, JEAN-PIERRE & BARATON, ALAIN La veritable histoire des jardins de Versailles Plon, 2007, 1st edition.Paper covers with wrap-around flaps.New /No Jacket.A well-illustrated account of the history of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, co-written by the head gardener (Baraton) vocers the history of the Grand Parc, the gardens, the Trianon and the Petit Trianon.It also discusses the future of great parks and the need to balance exotic introductions with the conservation of the native flora.317, (1) pp.In French. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 3020 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COMITO, TERRY The idea of the garden in the renaissance The Harvester Press, 1979, First UK edition, first published in the USA in 1978.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 85527 910 9.V.g./V.g. Little used.xiii, 278 pp. In English. GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.8 \| JP¥ 5283] Book number: 5782 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CONNOLLY, SYBIL & DILLON, HELEN (EDS.) In an Irish garden; photographs by Walter Pfeiffer, prologue by Charles Nelson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 78929 5.V.g./No Jacket.Inscribed by the neice of one of the contributors.Price clipped, otherwise little used.Each garden is described by its owner.160 pp. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 3219 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COOPER (CHEMIST & SEEDSMAN) Descriptive catalogue, vegetable and flower seeds Cooper, Macclesfield, 1896.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover sl.soiled, central folio det.from staple binding.16 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5691 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COWAN, MAY Inverewe: a garden in the north-west Highlands Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Jacket in protective sleeve.152 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5771 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DEVONSHIRE, THE DUCHESS OF; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GARY ROGERS The garden at Chatsworth Frances Lincoln, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7112 1430 1.V.g./V.g. A well illustrated survey of the gardens at Chatsworth, describing their history, design and statuary.192 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 3576 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELLIOTT, BRENT ET AL. (EDS.) The glory of the garden: a loan exhibtion [sic - exhibition] in association with the Royal Horticultural Society Sotheby's, 1987, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.Unpaginated; approx.90 folios (c.180 pp.). In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5777 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ENGE, TORSTEN OLAF & SCHROER, CARL FRIEDRICH Gartenkunst in Europa 1450-1800: vom Villengarten der italienischen Renaissance bis zum englischen Landschaftsgarten Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1994, Paperback edition.Paper covers with foldover flaps.3 8228 0402 9.Fine /No Jacket.Scarcely used.This survey, with numerous photographs taken by Martin Classen and Hans Wisenhofer, divides into three main sections: Gardens of the Renaissance and Mannerism; Baroque and Rococo Gardens; and English Landscape Gardens.There are also shorter sections on the escape from paradise, the construction of individuality, the geometry of the absolute, and a final overview.Beautifully printed in a generous format on chlorine-free paper, this book also contains garden plans and illustrations taken from historic drawings.236, (3) pages; location map at end. In German. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 3090 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	EYFFINGER, ARTHUR The peace palace: residence for justice - domicile of learning Carnegie Foundation, The Hague, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.90 6611 331 6.Fine /V.g. Slight corner wear to jacket, internally as new.Includes an account of the landscaping of the grounds by Thomas Hayton Mawson.191 pp. In English. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 \| JP¥ 8805] Book number: 4799 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	EYVAPAN, G.A. Old Turkish gardens: old Istanbul gardens in particular METU Faculty of Architecture Press, 1999, 1st English edition (first published in Turkish in 1972).Paper covers.975 429 147 0.New /No Jacket.A valuable history of the gardens of the Istanbul region, and of the wider Ottoman empire, The study of Turkish gardens, as the author states in his foreword, is 'a subject known and studied unproportionately to its importance'.(10), 173, (2) pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5736 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, JANE Historic gardens: a guide to 160 British gardens of interest Webb & Bower, 1990.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 86350 332 2.Fine /Fine.Remainder mark on bottom edge.Otherwise as new.160 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 3770 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	BAIETTA, CRISTIANA (ED.) Tuscany's gardens and villas Touring Club Italiano, Milan & Regione Toscana, Florence, 2003, Translated from Italian.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.A pocket guide to the principal villas of Tuscany, providing useful summaries of opening hours and special features.Some older gardens such as the Orto Botanico in Pisa are given a slightly fuller treatment emphasising their long history.159 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 6082 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BILLINGTON, JILL & LOUSADA, SANDRA London's parks and gardens Frances Lincoln, 2003, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7112 2039 5.As new /As new.A beautifully photographed, fact-filled book on the capital's better and lesser-known parks and gardens and a few of the most important cemeteries.240 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3294 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BISGROVE, RICHARD The gardens of Gertrude Jekyll University of California Press, 2000, First paperback edition, originally published in 1992 by Frances Lincoln.Paper covers with wrap-around flaps.0 520 22620 8.As new /No Jacket.A comprehensive study, with analysis of the colour theory which permeated Jekyll's work.The book is designed to the high standard one associates with Frances Lincoln.192 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3109 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLUNT, WILFRID The Ark in the Park: the zoo in the nineteenth century Hamish Hamilton / The Tryon Gallery, 1976, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 241 89331 3.Fine /V.g. A characteristically witty analysis of the cult of the menagerie.256 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 5649 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLUNT, WILFRID Tulipomania King Penguin, 1950, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Good /Good.Jacket price-clipped, front board bowed, minor chip to base of jacket's spine.32 pp. 16 col.plates. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 \| JP¥ 5870] Book number: 5693 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN Botanic Gardens Glasnevin: short guide Department of Lands and Agriculture / An Roinn Tailte agus Talmhaiochta, n.d.(c.1930), 8th edition, with map.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Believed to be first published in 1885, this version of the 8th edition 8-page guide includes a map, and provides a short paragraph on each of the features of the garden.From the title it must have been published after Irish independence, but the text is scarcely changed from the pre-independence 7th edition.Staple rusted. In English. GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.8 \| JP¥ 5283] Book number: 6210 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: short guide Department of Lands and Agriculture / An Roinn Tailte agus Talmhaiochta, n.d.(c.1930), 8th edition, without map.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Believed to be first published in 1885, this unillustrated 8-page guide provides a short paragraph on each of the features of the garden.From the title it must have been published after Irish independence, but the text is scarcely changed in the pre-independence 7th edition.Staples rusted. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 6209 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRADLEY, JYLL Mr Roscoe's garden Liverpool University Press, 2008, 1st edition.Publisher's illustrated boards.978 1 84631 166 6.New /No Jacket.168 pp.An artist's book giving a very personal view of the history of Liverpool's botanic gardens and their founder William Roscoe.Beautifully illustrated with a large front section of colour photographs, the text describes the diaspora of living plant collections, paintings, books, archives and memories as components of what the author describes as an 'imaginary garden' which could still re-emerge into the real world in the future given sufficient political will and commitment.In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.86 \| JP¥ 3522] Book number: 4325 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, JANE Eminent gardeners: some people of influence and their gardens, 1880-1980 1990, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 670 81964 6.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.(8), 183 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 5888 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, JANE Gardens of a golden afternoon Penguin Books, 1988, Paperback edition, first published in 1982.Paper covers.0 14 008021 X.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear, internally near fine.The author examines the background to the collaboration between Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.One of the most enthusiastically received garden histories of the 1980s, this is essential reading for anyone seeking an informed appreciation of their unique partnership.208 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 2827 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHASE, ISABEL WAKELIN URBAN Horace Walpole: gardenist Princeton University Press, 1943, 1st edition.Publisher's green cloth, gilt title on spine.V.g./No Jacket.Slight corner wear, otherwise a very good copy.Blind stamp of Brewster Rogerson on ffep. In English. GBP 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 199.75 US$ 298.98 \| JP¥ 26414] Book number: 4800 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CLARK, H.F. The English landscape garden Pleiades Books, London, 1948, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket torn at hinge (section missing from spine), frayed at edges; internally sound.64 pp. 56 plates.In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 4878 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COATS, PETER Flowers: the story of flowers, plants and gardens through the ages Peerage Books, 1970, Reissue of Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition of 1970.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 907408 53 2.V.g./V.g. Slight sunning to rear of jacket, otherwise little used.264 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 5778 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COBBETT, WILLIAM The English gardener: a treatise on the kitchen garden, the flower garden, the shrubbery, and the orchard Richard Griffin, London & Glasgow, n.d.[1845], Reprint, first published in 1833.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Corners bumped, edge wear to spine, owner's signature on ffep.(1), 405, (5) pp. In English. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 5531 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COFFE, JEAN-PIERRE & BARATON, ALAIN La veritable histoire des jardins de Versailles Plon, 2007, 1st edition.Paper covers with wrap-around flaps.New /No Jacket.A well-illustrated account of the history of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, co-written by the head gardener (Baraton) vocers the history of the Grand Parc, the gardens, the Trianon and the Petit Trianon.It also discusses the future of great parks and the need to balance exotic introductions with the conservation of the native flora.317, (1) pp.In French. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 3020 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COMITO, TERRY The idea of the garden in the renaissance The Harvester Press, 1979, First UK edition, first published in the USA in 1978.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 85527 910 9.V.g./V.g. Little used.xiii, 278 pp. In English. GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.8 \| JP¥ 5283] Book number: 5782 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CONNOLLY, SYBIL & DILLON, HELEN (EDS.) In an Irish garden; photographs by Walter Pfeiffer, prologue by Charles Nelson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 297 78929 5.V.g./No Jacket.Inscribed by the neice of one of the contributors.Price clipped, otherwise little used.Each garden is described by its owner.160 pp. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 3219 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COOPER (CHEMIST & SEEDSMAN) Descriptive catalogue, vegetable and flower seeds Cooper, Macclesfield, 1896.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover sl.soiled, central folio det.from staple binding.16 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5691 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COWAN, MAY Inverewe: a garden in the north-west Highlands Geoffrey Bles, 1964, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Jacket in protective sleeve.152 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5771 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DEVONSHIRE, THE DUCHESS OF; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GARY ROGERS The garden at Chatsworth Frances Lincoln, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7112 1430 1.V.g./V.g. A well illustrated survey of the gardens at Chatsworth, describing their history, design and statuary.192 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 3576 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELLIOTT, BRENT ET AL. (EDS.) The glory of the garden: a loan exhibtion [sic - exhibition] in association with the Royal Horticultural Society Sotheby's, 1987, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.Unpaginated; approx.90 folios (c.180 pp.). In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5777 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ENGE, TORSTEN OLAF & SCHROER, CARL FRIEDRICH Gartenkunst in Europa 1450-1800: vom Villengarten der italienischen Renaissance bis zum englischen Landschaftsgarten Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1994, Paperback edition.Paper covers with foldover flaps.3 8228 0402 9.Fine /No Jacket.Scarcely used.This survey, with numerous photographs taken by Martin Classen and Hans Wisenhofer, divides into three main sections: Gardens of the Renaissance and Mannerism; Baroque and Rococo Gardens; and English Landscape Gardens.There are also shorter sections on the escape from paradise, the construction of individuality, the geometry of the absolute, and a final overview.Beautifully printed in a generous format on chlorine-free paper, this book also contains garden plans and illustrations taken from historic drawings.236, (3) pages; location map at end. In German. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 3090 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	EYFFINGER, ARTHUR The peace palace: residence for justice - domicile of learning Carnegie Foundation, The Hague, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.90 6611 331 6.Fine /V.g. Slight corner wear to jacket, internally as new.Includes an account of the landscaping of the grounds by Thomas Hayton Mawson.191 pp. In English. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 \| JP¥ 8805] Book number: 4799 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	EYVAPAN, G.A. Old Turkish gardens: old Istanbul gardens in particular METU Faculty of Architecture Press, 1999, 1st English edition (first published in Turkish in 1972).Paper covers.975 429 147 0.New /No Jacket.A valuable history of the gardens of the Istanbul region, and of the wider Ottoman empire, The study of Turkish gardens, as the author states in his foreword, is 'a subject known and studied unproportionately to its importance'.(10), 173, (2) pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 5736 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, JANE Historic gardens: a guide to 160 British gardens of interest Webb & Bower, 1990.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 86350 332 2.Fine /Fine.Remainder mark on bottom edge.Otherwise as new.160 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 3770 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.