The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers

Howe, Walter; Pliny the Elder; Pliny the Younger; Bacon, Francis; Temple, William; Addison, Joseph; Pope, Alexander; Addison, Joseph; Montague, Mary Wortley; Whately, Thomas; Goldsmith, Oliver; Walpole, Horace; Evelyn, John

Verlag: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1890

Beschreibung

Front board stained, front hinge weakening. 1890 Small Hard Cover. iv, 309, vii pp. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4. Frontispiece portrait of William Kent. A collection of writings on gardens and gardening, including: Introduction; The Pleasures of the Garden by Pliny the Elder; Villa Laurentina and Villa in Tusculum by Pliny the Younger; Of Gardens by Lord Francis Bacon; Upon the Gardens of Epicurs; or, Of Gardening in the Year 1685 by Sir William Temple; The Spectator: Contributions by Joseph Addison, Pope or Dr. Parnell, Joseph Addison; The Guardian by Alexander Pope; Letters to the Countess of Bute by Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Observations on Modern Gardening by Thomas Whately; Description of a Chinese Garden and The History of a Poet's Garden by Oliver Goldsmith; Biographical Account of William Kent and The History of the Modern Taste in Gardening by Horace Walpole; Of Fences and Quicksets by John Evelyn. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2349400

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Titel: The Garden as Considered in Literature by ...

Verlag: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890

Einband: Small Hard Cover

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