Author: PLUMPTRE, GEORGE
Title: Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of Nature, Art, and Artifice
Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385266383. 256 pages. Index. Bibliography. 506 illustrations, 150 in colour. "Traces the use of ornamental features throughout the history of the western garden, from the great formal gardens of Italy and France to the more intimate creations of modern design... Meticulously researched and beautifully produced... makes a significant addition to the literature of gardening." - from dust jacket. Bookplate inside front board. Small spot on front free endpaper. Light wear to unmarked book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy of this sumptuous work.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Garden Ornaments Five Hundred Years of Nature, Art, and Artifice Furniture Pictorial Works. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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