Paysagisme

Erin Mills New Town - A Proposal By Don Mills Developments Limited

Approximately 50 pages. Many fold-outs. This large 15" x 12" work presents the master plan for Erin Mills. "A fortunate combination of circumstances should make Erin Mills New Town a singular community. First, the company had the foresight and resources to acquire a tract of land in excess of ten square miles in one of the most favourable growth regions on the continent. Secondly, there exists a strong demand in this region of Southern Ontario for all types of residential, commercial and industrial land and buildings... Erin Mills New Town presents our company an opportunity to create, in cooperation with the public authorities, one of the most imaginative planned communities on the continent. It offers us an unparalleled opportunity to direct our resources to a sound business venture that will provide an urban environment in which a prime consideration is quality living for those who live and work there." - from Foreword by A.E. Diamond, President, Don Mills Developments Limited. Sections include: Erin Mills in the region; West Credit Development Area; Land Ownership; Natural Features; Existing Land Use; Development Concept; Employment; Commercial Facilities; Education and Institutions; Open Space and Recreation; Housing and Residential Environment; Special Housing Studies; Landscaping; Road System; Public Transportation; Transportation Corridor; Services; Staging and Growth; General Plan; Erin Mills Centre; Erin Mills South; West Credit Development Plan; Development Policies; Fiscal Consideration. Gift Greetings inside front board, otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear. Binding intact. An excellent copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA750,00 €

LOCKWOOD, Alice G. B.MareMagnum

Gardens of Colony and State; Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic Before 1840

folio [37 x 26 cm]; 2 volumes, xxii [ii], 464; xxiv, 444 pp, 2 frontis, numerous illus, plans, bibliography. original 2 part cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on front covers, and gilt title on spine, cover of volume I lightly spotted, light crease of endpaper, else a clean near fine set, volume I has the scarce dust jacket (chipped at edges. A picture of thi A massive work with hundreds of illustrations from photos, early sources, drawings. The books are organized by state, with Volume I covering New England, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Great Lake states, Pennsylvania and Volume II on the southern states including Florida and California, together with a chapter on fences and enclosures in each volume. A classic of landscape architecture.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA620,31 €

PINDEMONTE Ippolito - MABIL Luigi et. al -MareMagnum

Sui giardini inglesi e sul merito in cio’ dell’Italia. Dissertazione d’Ippolito Pindemonte, e Sopra l’indole dei giardini moderni. Saggio di Luigi Mabil, con altre operette su lo stesso argomento.

Verona, dalla Società Tipografica, 1818, 8° brossura originale con titoli in cornice xilografica alle copertine, pp. XVIII-114 con una veduta in rame di Villa Buri (disegnata da Ronzoni e incisa da Mugnon) ripiegata in antiporta. Contiene, oltre alle due opere del titolo: Estratto delle relazioni accademiche dell’abate Melchior Cesarotti; Il giardino inglese descritto da Ippolito Pindemonte nel poemetto de’ sepolcri e la traduzione latina di quello, fatta da Benedetto Del Bene; e una Lettera all’editore, sempre di Pindemonte. Una macchia grande come mezza moneta al margine inferiore bianco delle prime tre carte (forse caffè); peraltro uno splendido esemplare, fresco e in barbe. Seconda edizione.

Libreria Piani · Monte San Pietro, IT300,00 €

ROBINSON, W. [William]MareMagnum

The Parks, Promenades & Gardens of Paris Described and Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities and of Public and Private Gardens

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA237,37 €

COLE, NathanMareMagnum

The Royal Parks and Gardens of London, their History and Mode of Embellishment with Hints on the Propagation and Culture of the Plants Employed, the Artistic Arrangement of Colours, etc

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA160,41 €

Madison, John H.MareMagnum

Practical Turfgrass Management

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA149,95 €

ROBINSON, W.MareMagnum

The Garden Beautiful; Home Woods and Home Landscape

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).

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA138,15 €

TABOR, GraceMareMagnum

Old-Fashioned Gardening; a History and a Reconstruction

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA116,83 €

ECKBO, GarrettMareMagnum

Home Landscape; The Art of Home Landscaping

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA111,27 €

MITCHELL, Donald G. AppendMareMagnum

Out-of-Town Places: with Hints for Their Improvement

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA105,70 €

MONGREDIEN, AugustusMareMagnum

Trees & Shrubs for English Plantations: A Selection and Description of the Most Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Native and Foreign, Which will Flourish in the Open air in Our Climate

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA105,70 €

TABOR, GraceMareMagnum

The Landscape Gardening Book, wherein are set down the simple laws of beauty and utility which should guide the development of all grounds

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA105,70 €

EARLE, Alice MorseMareMagnum

Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday; Garden Delights Which Are Here Displayed in Very Truth and Are Moreover Regarded as Emblems

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA94,58 €

MAYALL, R. Newton and Margaret L. MayallMareMagnum

Sundials; How to Know, Use and Make Them

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA94,58 €

Allen, Christine; Varner, CollinMareMagnum

Gardens of Vancouver (British Columbia)

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA89,95 €

MORRAH, Herbert Arthur, paintings by Berenger BengerMareMagnum

Highways & Hedges

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA83,45 €

Van Gelderen, D.M.MareMagnum

Conifers

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA69,95 €

FREDERICK, JR., William H.MareMagnum

The Exuberant Garden and the Controlling Hand; Plant Combinations for North American Gardens

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA67,69 €

BOWE, Patrick. SAPIEHA, Nicolas.MareMagnum

PARCS ET JARDINS DES PLUS BELLES DEMEURES DE PORTUGAL.

31x24,5. 223p. Fotogr. Color. Enc. Cart. Ed. Sobrecubierta.

Libreria Fernandez Javier · Espagne60,00 €

AUSTIN, AlfredMareMagnum

Lamia's Winter-Quarters

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA51,00 €

MAYNARD, Samuel T.MareMagnum

Landscape Gardening As Applied to Home Decoration

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA51,00 €

ONEAL, Cora M.MareMagnum

Gardens and Homes of Mexico

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA51,00 €

WARD, CyrilMareMagnum

Royal Gardens

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA51,00 €

ROHDE, Eleanor SinclairMareMagnum

The Story of the Garden, with a chapter on American Gardens by Mrs. Francis King

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.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA45,43 €

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