Author: D'ANDREA, JEANNE
Title: Ancient herbs in the J. Paul Getty Museum Gardens
Description: Malibu CA, J Paul Getty Museum Publications. 1989, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0892360356) Trade Paperback. Ill.: Marthe Breen Bredermayer. Book, The Getty Museum building recreates an ancient Roman villa on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, where guests can feel that they are visiting the Villa dei Papiri before it was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The climate of southern California has made it possible to plant the gardens with dozens of herbs, flowers, and fruit trees known to the Greeks and Romans. In classical times they were practical as well as beautiful, providing color, perfume, home medicines, and flavorings for food and drink. 88p. illus.[Some col] glossary.yy[Some col].]g;ME COL.] GLOSSARY OME COL. bibliography. As New.

Keywords: 0892360356 Marthe Breen Bredermayergardens Ancient Greece Rome Botany Flowers Herbs Spices Getty Museum