HUGHES, John Arthur.

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Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening. First edition of this handbook to landscape architecture, covering various types of garden design, including the Italian, Dutch, French, Picturesque, and Natural styles."Since at least the 16th century, the creation and enjoyment of gardens had been leisure occupation of aristocrat, squire and rural cleric. The novelty of the 19th century, and the explanation of the first increase in public interest in gardens, consists of the emulation of this tradition by the urban middle class" (Constantine, p. 388). This shift towards an independent, recreational style of gardening triggered a proliferation of gardening manuals, handbooks, and periodicals which, like this example, made the formal gardening tradition accessible to the public.A variant binding in the publisher's red cloth is also encountered.

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