A History of Garden Art: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture Volume 2)
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Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein (Author) Walter P. Wright (Contributor) Laura Archer-Hind (Contributor)
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Marie Luise Gothein (1863-1931) published this scholarly two-volume history of garden design in German in 1913. Its second edition of 1925 was translated into English by Laura Archer-Hind, edited by gardening author Walter P. Wright (1864-1940), and published in 1928. The highly illustrated work is still regarded as among the most thorough and important surveys of its kind. It begins by examining evidence from both archaeology and literature, as well as climate and soil conditions, to discuss the gardens of ancient Egypt and Assyria, and continues to survey developments worldwide until the twentieth century. Individual gardens, technical innovations, and fashions in horticulture are all discussed in detail. Volume 2 considers northern European gardens of the Renaissance, the cultural importance of Louis XIV's France, the impact of the introduction of foreign plants, and gardening in Europe, the Far East and North America up to the early twentieth century. 200 Halftones, unspecified; 113 Line drawings, unspecified
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- Contributor: Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781108076159
- Number of Pages: 510
- Packaged Dimensions: 295x210x30mm
- Packaged Weight: 1330
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2014-09-11
- Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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