Observations on modern gardening : an eighteenth-century study of the English landscape garden / by...
Observations on modern gardening : an eighteenth-century study of the English landscape garden / by...
Observations on modern gardening : an eighteenth-century study of the English landscape garden / by Thomas Whately ; introduction and commentary by Michael Symes.
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Publisher
Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2016.
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G 2016/3989
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 251 pages ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Thomas Whately's 'Observations on Modern Gardening' (1770) is the first and most comprehensive study of what has come to be known as the English landscape garden, often claimed to be this country's greatest original contribution to the fine arts. It became the standard text on the subject; its authority was accepted at home and abroad, and the book...
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Full title
Observations on modern gardening : an eighteenth-century study of the English landscape garden / by Thomas Whately ; introduction and commentary by Michael Symes.
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Garden and Landscape History
"The following transcription of the third edition (August 1771) of Whately's book" -- page 24.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2016/3989
Record Identifier
74VKVqj5ONxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqj5ONxZ
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ISBN
1783271027 hardcover
9781783271023 hardcover
DDC
712.0942
MMS ID
991024010424302626
