[Rarebooks] FS: Massive History of Garden Art

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Gothein, Marie Luise.  "A HISTORY OF GARDEN ART"

London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited: 1928. 2nd edition.

The first English translation of this remarkable work. Starting with the
gardens of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Byzantium, the book then moves
to the Middle Ages, and then to the Renaissance era in Italy, Spain,
Portugal, France, England, Germany and the Netherlands. Several chapters
are devoted to Louis XIV and the 18th century French garden style, first
in France, and then in other countries. We then whisk away to China and
Japan, before returning to the English landscape garden, 19th century
garden styles, and "modern" English gardens.

A sweeping yet meticulous study, as the fact that it consumes almost a
thousand pages might suggest. Wright says- "The 'History of Garden Art' is
a work of supreme ability... portraying as it does the means and methods
by which in all ages and in all climes garden-lovers have sought beauty."
First published in English in 1913. Translated by Mrs. Archer-Hind, and
edited by Walter P. Wright.

Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8"x11", 459 + 486 pages, filled with b/w
illustrations; a little light wear, a spot of soil here and there; very
short closed tear on the contents page on the first volume. Else a very
nice, bright, clean, tight set.  [30528]  $400.00

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