Name/Title
The genius of the place : the English landscape garden, 1620-1820Entry/Object ID
2008.002.0079Secondary Title
English landscape garden, 1620-1820Description
Documents the English landscape garden with over 100 illustrations accompanying writings that range from Francis Bacon to Jane Austin, from the early 1600s though the first half of the eighteenth century, to the heyday of the landscape garden under "Capability" Brown and the reactions to his pure formalism under Repton and Loudon in the 1800s.
xx, 392 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2008.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2008)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Gardens, English--History, Gardens--Literary collections, Literature, Modern--17th century, Literature, Modern--18th centuryBook Details
Author
Willis, Peter, Hunt, John DixonEdition
1st MIT Press paperback ed.Publisher
MIT PressDate Published
1988Call No.
SB457.6 .G46 1988ISBN
0262580926LCCN
88009136Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Originally published: London : Elek, 1975.
First MIT Press paperback edition, 1988.
Third printing, 1993
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-383) and index.Created By
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June 10, 2008Updated By
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April 5, 2023