The formal garden in England / by Reginald Blomfield ; and F. Inigo Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942.

Contributor:

Thomas, F. Inigo.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture--England.

Landscape architecture.

Genre:

Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1892.

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1892.

Physical Description:

xxx, 249 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Edition:

2d ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillian, 1892.

Contents:

The formal method and the landscape gardener

The formal garden in England

The formal garden, continued

The end of the formal garden and the landscape school

The courts terraces, walks

Knots, parterres, grass-work, mounts, bowling greens, theatres

Fish-ponds, pleaching, arbours, galleries, hedges, palisades, groves

Garden architecture: bridges, gatehouses, gateways, gates, walls, balustrades, stairs

Garden architecture, continued: garden-houses, aviaries, columbaries, dove-cots, hot-houses, carpenter's work, fountains, sundials, statuary

Conclusion

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Index.

Notes:

"List of principle works referred to": p. 242-244.

Contains index and list of illustrations.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in light tan cloth with image of a flowering plant in an ornate vase in gold on front cover. Text and leaf in gold on spine.

Athenaeum copy: Gift: Bendiner.

Athenaeum copy: Inscribed on flyleaf: "Geo. Bripham[?] Page. Phila. Oct. 5. 1897."

OCLC:

5972823