Mediaeval Gardens Victorian Gardens and Georgian Gardens
1981rif. 856B74London : B.T. Batsford 1981-1986 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. Three fascinating volumes on horticultural history with colour plates and illustrations. Three volumes on the history of gardens. All first edition copies. These three volumes are Mediaeval Gardens 1981 by John Harvey Victorian Gardens 1983 by Brent Elliott and Georgian Gardens 1986 by David Jacques. Mediaeval Gardens 1981 begins with the legacy of classical gardening which was left by the Romans in Britain and Western Europe and traces its development to the early Tudor period. With eleven colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens 1983 explores some of the greatest names in British garden history including William Kent and Humphry Repton. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Victorian Gardens 1986 gives an account of a fascinating period in horticultural history. With twelve colour illustrations. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Collated complete. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture Canterbury School of Architecture and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrappers which are also lovely. Fine B.T. Batsford hardcover
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