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Subject(s)

• Landscape gardening—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Gardens—Great Britain—Design—History—18th century [Browse]
• Agriculture—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Switzer, Stephen 1682?-1745 [Browse]

Summary note

"One of the most significant occurrences in the history of design was the creation of the English Landscape Garden. Accounts of its genesis ... the surprising structural change from the formal to a seeming informal are numerous. But none has ever been quite convincing and none satisfactorily placed the contributions of Stephen Switzer"--Publisher's website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-288) and index.

Contents

• Ntroduction
• 1. A Fine Genius for Gardening
• 2. Towards a Rural and Farm-like Way of Gardening
• 3. Early Landscapes
• 4. Country Practice, Nature to Advantage Dress'd
• 5. A Public Figure
• 6. Essays in the Landscape Style
• 7. Furor Hortensis
• 8. Legacy

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ISBN

• 9781472434401 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
• 1472434404 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2015025291

OCLC

921141229

Other standard number

• 12543200

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