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BOWE, Patrick. SAPIEHA, Nicolas.MareMagnum
PARCS ET JARDINS DES PLUS BELLES DEMEURES DE PORTUGAL.
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Libreria Fernandez Javier · Espagne60,00 €
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large 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 159 pp, 168 illustrations from early sources, bibliog, index. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, spine slightly faded), else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-illustrated and important work showing the development of the French Garden from early Italian influences to attain a dominating position in European culture. Very well-illustrated. The author was with the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
4to [26 x 26 cm]; 168 pp, many color photos, including full-page, numerous color garden plans from drwgs, index. original pictorial boards, dj (short tear at edge), fine, clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Containing design solutions, planting schemes including for difficult sites, color-themed plans, practical advice, with excellent illustrations, and for numerous situations, a highlight is the author's description of her own garden, where one's curiosity has been raised after her many books on the gardens of others.
4to [26 x 21 cm]; [viii], 216 pp, numerous illustrations from early sources including paintings, prints, plans, mostly in color, some full-page or double-page, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not clipped), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Well-written and beautifully illustrated, the author describes the history and evolution of the park over a thousand year period to the present day.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 326 pp, 30 plates including colored frontis and other plates in color, other illus, 2 plans, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering dull but visible, bookplate on endpaper, minor foxing on few leaves, very good copy, clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Covers ancient garden lore, medieval gardens, Tudor, Stuart and Georgian gardens, French and Dutch influences, landscape school, Victorian gardens, American gardens, appendices. The author was a respected and popular garden writer.
4to; xi, 182 pp, 32 color plates including frontis, tissue guards with letter-press, full-page plans. original decorated cloth, short tear to head of spine and joint, light wear to edges and conrer, title with slight foxing, very good+, interior clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Fine color plates from paintings, showing country living of the royals.
8vo [23.5 x 17 cm]; xvii, [i], 164 pp, 16 colored plates including frontis, all by George S. Elgood, each with tissue guard with letterpress titles, other illus, head and tailpieces from pen & ink drwgs by William Scott. original red decorated cloth, title lettering on cover and spine, all edges gilted, spine faded, edges rubbed, front internal hinge cracking but firm, minor foxing on few leaves, clean and sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by em Views of Italy by the author of The Garden that I Love, which also had Elgood plates. Elgood was a popular and respected painter of view, member of the Royal Institute. First published in 1898 without the colored plates, this edition was in 3,000 copies. Inman 162.
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; xix, 396, [ii, ads] pp, frontis, 190 illus, including many full-page from photos and drwgs, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering, gilt vignette on front cover and spine, signature of Lauretta P. Johnson dated 1918 on endpaper with her handwritten notes on loose card, slightly foxed on outer edge of text block, very good+, solid copy. A p One of the better all-around landscaping books of the time, still very relevant, this second edition is greatly expanded and updated, with additional illustrations.
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xiv, [ii], 221, [iii] pp, frontis (portrait of author), plates from photos, map, bibliog. original cloth, pictorial endpapers, small ink spot on title page, slight musty smell , clean, very good+ copy, signed by author in ink. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting and very well-illustrated work covering pre-conquest gardens, colonial homes and gardens, colonial public buildings with gardens, modern homes and gardens, plants and trees of Mexico. The last chapter is on orchids and orchid hunting.
4to [30.5 x 22 cm]; xi, 182 pp, 32 color plates including frontis, tissue guards with letter-press, full-page plans, index. original pictorial gilt decorated cloth, gilt title lettering, top edge gilted., edges lightly rubbed, light foxing on some leaves, a very good+ solid and clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Fine color plates from paintings, showing country living of the royals. This copy has the loose announcement leaf of author's exhibition of his paintings.
31x24,5. 223p. Fotogr. Color. Enc. Cart. Ed. Sobrecubierta.
4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xix, 342 pp, over 230 colored plates and illustrations, 13 detailed colored garden plans, table, appendices, index. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, dj (not price clipped), clean, fine and unused condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The veteran landscape architect describes how to combine ornamental plants of all types, using a balance between plant exuberance and design structure. He provides a sophisticated, up-to-date guide with full details, with some emphasis on exploiting color potential. The author gives detail on entrance gardens, gardens to view, live-in gardens, swimming pool gardens and gardens to stroll. The 38 detailed and extensive appendices (190 pages) are a rich source of plants lists, tolerances, cultural preferences, design characteristics, plant lists for different conditions, by season, fragrance, texture, color, soil types, etc.
370 pages. "Compiled by two of the world's authorities on the subject and illustrated throughout in full color, this is the most lavish and comprehensive photographic survey of cultivated conifers yet published ...An invaluable identification tool for gardeners, nursery professionals, and landscape designers." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; xv, 144 pp, 20 fine color plates including frontis from paintings by Benger, each mounted on heavy art paper, each with captioned tissue guard, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, spine end bit rubbed, name on endpaper, interior clean, very good+ overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 158. Only 3,000 copies of this first edition were printed, some later printings had less plates. The charms of English country life in pictures and narrative as the author travelled the lanes, highways and byways through the year.
192 pages. "Reveals the hidden highlights of 26 of Vancouver's finest private gardens. For each, detailed garden plans and a selection of colour photographs complement descriptive text which includes insights in the words of each garden's creator." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy of this gorgeous work. Book
8vo [20 x 15 cm]; xxiii, [i], 461 pp, frontis, numerous plates and illus, index, title printed in green and black, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, decorated in white and dark green, top edge gilted, internal hinges cracking but firm, covers quite bright, near fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A classic of the period, very well-illustrated. The topics related to sun dials include classification, portable dials, their construction, symbolic and many other designs. A smaller section deals with roses including chapters on roses and garlands, rosa solis, rose plate and rosee, emblems of the rose in English history, grandmother's roses, the Rosicruians. Stock 751.
8vo [20.5 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 197 pp, frontis of world's largest sundial, numerous photo plates, drwgs, tables, index. original pictorial cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, corner, price clipped), very good, clean and fine internally. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Since a sundial designed for another location will not be accurate in your location, the authors provide complete detail for designing one for your specific location, with formulas and full details. They also provide the theory and many illustrations of other sundials.
small 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; [ii], vi, 295 pp, illustrations especially of architectural devices from drwgs by E. C. Gardner, plans. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover in gilted border, signature on endpaper, 'with complements' and signed by the author on half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'I have especially sought to excite the ambition of the holders of these humble estates, who believe nothing can be done in the way of adornment of country property. The book is a tract for homeliness; and I hope it may make country proselytes.' [preface]. The author of My Farm at Edgewood, Wet Days at Edgewood, etc, has here re-published his popular Rural Studies with Hints for Country Places, first published in 1867.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 388, 24 (publisher's catalogue, dated April 1870) pp, two color lithographed plates including frontis, engraved illustrations. original pictorial cloth, spine ends bit frayed, spine darkened, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 217. Describes 621 species in some detail including their cultivation, requirements, etc.
4to [26 x 19 cm]; [xii], 180 pp, frontis, illustrations and plates, from photos, garden plans, index. original pictorial cloth with embossed color photo, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, corners a bit rubbed but a clean and fine, unmarked copy, covers bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated and highly useful work on landscaping including chapters on style, vines as harmonizers, vistas good and bad, boundaries, entrances and gateways, use of trees and shrubs, flowers, winter gardens, garden structures and furniture, accessories, etc.
8vo [25 x 17 cm]; 340 pp, several hundred illustrations from photos, drwgs, plans, bibliog, index. original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (slight wear at upper edge), fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author was a pioneer in modern landscape design, who related it to modern art and adapted it to the individual needs of people. The principles that he established in the first edition in 1956 have been followed by many other garden designers. An essential and well-illustrated work in landscaping, with greatly expanded illustrations, comments on the impact of the 50s, 60s and 70s on garden design. No other books so successfully combines the poetry of landscape with everyday practicalities of planning a unified garden with a unique character, filled with ideas and practical suggestions.
roy 8vo; xviii, 263 pp, frontis with tissue guard, illus, plates, tinted plans, good bibliog, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering in gilted border on cover and gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, nice chapter head pieces, spine end a bit frayed, near fine, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request b A very well-illustrated work with plates in decorative borders. Plates include buildings, gardens, entrance ways, ornaments, etc. In two parts, the first on history includes Spanish gardens in the semi-tropics, English gardens of gentlemen adventurers, New Amsterdam housewive's gardens, puritan gardens, catholick and quaker gardens, presidents' gardens, etc, with the reconstruction section on old-fashioned gardens, design, inclosures, old flowers, ornaments, reproducing the old fashioned gardens.
8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 176 pp, 8 fine plates from wood engravings, index. original cloth-backed boards with original paper label (most letters rubbed), light corner wear, bookplate of John Edwards Darnton on endpaper, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial garden journalists of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This work is aimed at the larger garden which has room to incorporate trees and it would help to have a large estate to incorporate the ideas suggested here. It also includes water-side planting, shore-lands planting, mountain and hill, use of trees, fencing, thinning woods, grafting, parks, etc. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 268. Mea Allen p. 188. "The man who made horticultural history" (Mea Allan in William Robinson).
466 pages. Index. Line Drawings. Black and white illustrations. "Here is a practical, authoritative book on turfgrass management, written for the professional grounds keeper, the turf worker, the student, the landscape architect, the landscape contractor, the county farm advisor, the homeowner, and all working in areas associated with turf.. Because of the wide range of materials in the book, its principles and practices are applicable anywhere in the world." - from dust jacket (not included). Prior owner's small address label inside front board, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [vi], v, 131 pp, 15 wood engraved plates, garden plans, including double-page, numerous other illus, with the half title page. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, edges rubbed, internal hinge cracked but firm, lightly foxed on some leaves, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A nicely illustrated work covering the many gardens including Buckingham Palace, Kensington, Hyde Park, St. James, Victoria, Battersea, Regent's, Hampton Court, Kew, Crystal Palace, etc, and with chapters on landscaping, arrangement of spring flowers, trees and shrubs, colours, designs, etc.
thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates, 3 foldout maps/plans, 378 other illustrations including plans, title-page vignette, index. original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. A pictu Horticultural Society of New York Catalogue p. 189. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial gardening journalist of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This is the second book published by the author, who has been called the father of English gardening. This work helped to establish his reputation. Many of his later works had roots in this work. Beautifully illustrated, with views and plans of Paris, plants, gardens, tools, prining arrangements, etc. Mea Allen p. 95.
