Reading the French Garden - Story and History
by Le Dantec, Denise and Jean-Pierre
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262121441
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121446
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England.: The MIT Press, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling to rear of jacket. 272pp. Several b/w illustrations. This book presents a history of garden design in France from medieval times to the late 20th century. The authors skilfully integrate the history of French gardens with the modern history of ideas. They incor[orate literary criticism and art history with social and political history and raise questions about the present development of garden and landscape art..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007071
- Title
- Reading the French Garden - Story and History
- Author
- Le Dantec, Denise and Jean-Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262121441
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121446
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- parc de la villette, baron haussmann
- Bookseller catalogs
- Landscape Architecture/Garden Design; Horticulture/Gardening;
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