1st ed pub batsford 1981 (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xvii, 202 with col. & b/w. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in dw., with some sunning to spine o/w. fine. Title page signed by the author. This book provides not only descriptions of the plants, but also their classification, cultivation hints and much other useful information. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.176 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.

Hardcover. pp.xvi, 199 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. Small 4to. Hardback. From the lib. of Sylvia Landsberg, the highly esteemed designer and rejuvenator of gardens including the Tudor Garden in Southampton and Queen Eleanor's Garden at Winchester Great Hall. Sylvia wrote 'The Medieval Garden' (1995). John Harvey was a mentor to Sylvia and this copy contains her signature and a large number of her handwritten notes, annotations, calculations. Contents in vg. plus condition, with two leaves neatly reinforced. A unique copy. Still the definitive text on medieval gardens. This book demonstrates, with the aid of illustrations, that from the eleventh century at least, plants were grown and gardens laid out for their beauty as well as for their usefulness, and that gardening was linked to the planting of orchards and the formation of parks.…