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Furor Hortensis - essays on the history of the English landscape garden in memory of H.F. Clark

Furor Hortensis - essays on the history of the English landscape garden in memory of H.F. Clark

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Furor Hortensis - essays on the history of the English landscape garden in memory of H.F. Clark

by Willis, Peter (editor); Jellicoe, Geoffrey; Nuttgens, Patrick

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Edinburgh: Elysium Press Limited, 1974. Illustrated, quarto, pp 108 + plates, decorative cloth, the slightest signs of wear, but really a very good copy. Limited edition of 1000 copies. With the signature of the New Zealand botanist S. Challenger on the front endpaper. [Includes essays by Mavis Batey, Dorothy Stroud, Laurence Fricker etc on Stephen Switzer, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent, Oliver Goldsmith, Humphrey Repton and John Claudius Loudon.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Furor Hortensis - essays on the history of the English landscape garden in memory of H.F. Clark
Author
Willis, Peter (editor); Jellicoe, Geoffrey; Nuttgens, Patrick
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Elysium Press Limited
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date Published
1974
Keywords
garden history.royal.gardens.stowe.elysium.landscape.wembley park.Stephen Switzer.Sir John Clerk of Penicuik.Charles Bridgeman.William Kent.Oliver Goldsmith.Humphrey Repton.John Claudius. Loudon. j c.j.c.landscape.
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Garden History; Landscape;

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