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Synopsis

Five hundred years of nature, art, and artifice. with special contributions by james garnock and james rylands. photographs by hugh palmer.

Item Description

FIRST US EDITION. 4to. 12.25 x 9.75 inches. 256 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper which has wear and slight loss on top edge. Minor wear to board edges, but otherwise a very good copy. With 506 illustrations, 150 in colour. Includes A Survey of Available Garden Ornament with small black and white photographs in three columns. Decorated by two page pictorial title and by chapter heading vignettes. The authors trace the use of ornamental features throughout the history of the Western garden, and demonstrate how long held and tested principles of garden design can be applied to modern gardens (James Garnock). A lavishly illustrated volume with a pictorial survey of the great variety of available ornaments, by James Rylands. Main text by George Plumptre (b.1956), gardening author (including contributions to Country Life), former gardening correspondent of The Times, 1993-96 and from 2011, Chief Executive of the National Gardens Scheme. Illustrated by Hugh Palmer, leading photographer of gardens and buildings. First published in the UK in 1989 by Thames and Hudson. THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE DEFAULT RATE QUOTED BY ABE. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTATION FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING.