Author: John Harvey, Brent Elliott, David Jacques
Title: Mediaeval Gardens, Victorian Gardens and Georgian Gardens
Description: London , B.T. Batsford , 1981-1986 . First edition. Cloth. Three fascinating volumes on horticultural history, with colour plates and illustrations. Three volumes on the history of gardens. All first edition copies. These three volumes are Mediaeval Gardens (1981) by John Harvey, Victorian Gardens (1983) by Brent Elliott and Georgian Gardens (1986) by David Jacques. Mediaeval Gardens (1981) begins with the legacy of classical gardening which was left by the Romans in Britain and Western Europe and traces its development to the early Tudor period. With eleven colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens (1983) explores some of the greatest names in British garden history including William Kent and Humphry Repton. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens (1986) gives an account of a fascinating period in horticultural history. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Collated, complete. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrappers which are also lovely. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: John Harvey David Jacques Brent Elliott Mediaeval Gardens David Jacques Victorian Gardens Not Stated
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Title: Mediaeval Gardens, Victorian Gardens and Georgian Gardens
Description: London , B.T. Batsford , 1981-1986 . First edition. Cloth. Three fascinating volumes on horticultural history, with colour plates and illustrations. Three volumes on the history of gardens. All first edition copies. These three volumes are Mediaeval Gardens (1981) by John Harvey, Victorian Gardens (1983) by Brent Elliott and Georgian Gardens (1986) by David Jacques. Mediaeval Gardens (1981) begins with the legacy of classical gardening which was left by the Romans in Britain and Western Europe and traces its development to the early Tudor period. With eleven colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens (1983) explores some of the greatest names in British garden history including William Kent and Humphry Repton. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens (1986) gives an account of a fascinating period in horticultural history. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Collated, complete. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrappers which are also lovely. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: John Harvey David Jacques Brent Elliott Mediaeval Gardens David Jacques Victorian Gardens Not Stated
Price: GBP 160.00 = appr. US$ 228.48 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 856B74
- Book number: 856B74
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