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The glasshouse / John Hix.
LIBRA NA4140 .H59 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hix, John, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Glass construction.
- Conservatories.
- Greenhouses.
- Architecture, Modern--19th century.
- Architecture, Modern--20th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Atkin, Tony (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Glass house
- John glasshouse Hix
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phaidon, 1996.
- Contents:
- I. Beginnings
- II. This liberal and improving age
- III. The artificial climate
- IV. The automatic garden
- V. The grand private conservatory
- VI. Industrialization and mass-marketing
- VII. Glass in the public garden
- VIII. The crystal palace and after
- IX. The great exhibitions
- X. Expressionists and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hix, John, 1938- Glasshouse.
- ISBN:
- 0714832111
- 9780714832111
- 0714845256
- 9780714845258
- 0112427235
- 9780112427230
- OCLC:
- 35229525
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