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Coup d'œil at Belœil and a great number of European gardens / Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne ; translated and edited by Basil Guy.
Fine Arts Library SB466.B42 P37513 1991
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LIBRA SB466.B42 P37513 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince de, 1735-1814.
- Standardized Title:
- Coup d'œil sur Belœil et sur une grande partie des jardins de l'Europe. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens.
- Parc de Belœil (Belœil, Belgium).
- Gardens--Europe.
- Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince de, 1735-1814. Coup d'œil sur Belœil et sur une grande partie des jardins de l'Europe.
- Ligne, Charles Joseph.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 295 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1991]
- Summary:
- Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne - soldier, gallant, moralist, gardenist - thought his gardens at Beloeil more handsome than any in Europe, 'if it weren't for Versailles.'In this work, prince's 'comprehensive glance, ' or coup d'oeil, ranges well beyond Beloeil to gardens that he visited throughout the length and breadth of Europe before the French Revolution.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Coup d'œil sur Belœil et sur une grande partie des jardins de l'Europe.
- "A Centennial book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520046684
- OCLC:
- 19354898
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