People have shaped the landscape around them since prehistoric times, creating places as diverse in form and meaning as Stonehenge, the Forbidden City of Beijing, Versailles, and New York's Central Park. Overflowing with hundreds of plans, drawings, and photographs, many created specially for this book, this engrossing volume spans the history of landscape design and reveals a great deal about the development of societies, and how cities, parks, and gardens embody cultural values. Examining famous and lesser-known sites, ...
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People have shaped the landscape around them since prehistoric times, creating places as diverse in form and meaning as Stonehenge, the Forbidden City of Beijing, Versailles, and New York's Central Park. Overflowing with hundreds of plans, drawings, and photographs, many created specially for this book, this engrossing volume spans the history of landscape design and reveals a great deal about the development of societies, and how cities, parks, and gardens embody cultural values. Examining famous and lesser-known sites, some now vanished, this comprehensive survey leads the reader from ancient Egyptian royal cemeteries to the magnificent gardens of Renaissance and Baroque Europe, and from great 18th-century English estates and American public gardens to the earthworks and other landscape projects of today. A feast for the historian, landscape designer, and gardener alike, this new book has no equal.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0810942534. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear scratching and edge wear. Inside pages are clean.; 8.75 X 1.5 X 11.5 inches; 544 pages.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($75.00 price intact). Published by Abrams, 2001. Quarto. Green cloth boards stamped in gold with photographic endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. A fine copy of this profusely illustrated history of landscape design. 544 pages. ISBN: 9780810942530. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Like New. Size: 9x1x12; As new clean tight and bright large hardcover in jacket signed by the author on the verso of the flyleaf. First edition, first printing. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.