Landscape design in eighteenth-century Ireland : mixing foreign trees with the natives
2004, First Edition. Cork : Cork University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #468067
Physical description; xi, 211 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 x 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. 'Securing the grounds and gardens' : Robert Molesworth's landscape of Breckdenston -- 2. The landscape of Castletown house -- 3. 'To mix foreign trees with the natives' : the history of Carton Demesne -- 4. The school at Frescati -- 5. The grand tourist -- Epilogue : the obelisk on the horizon -- Appendices. Subjects; Landscape design. Landscape gardening. Gardens. Ireland. 18th century. 21st century. Illustrated. Colour plates.
Price: €45.00