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Good in Unclipped jacket. Size: 7x1x10; First ed., first printing but ex-lib. with usual stamps and labels, but no envelopes; 240 p., clean and otherwise unmarked on strong paper only faintly age-toned; lavishly illustrated; binding tight; boards and pictorial d.j. very fine because well protected by Brodart cover. 8" x 10".
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Development Of Gardening In Virginia., Near Fine Hardcover In A Near Fine Dust Jacket.240Pp Including Index. Using A Rich Assortment Of Illustrations And Biographical Sketches, Peter Martin Relates The Experiences Of Colonial Gardeners Who Shaped The Natural Beauty Of Virginia's Wilderness Into Varied Displays Of Elegance. He Shows That Ornamental Gardening Was A Scientific, Aesthetic, And Cultural Enterprise That Thoroughly Engaged Some Of The Leading Figures Of The Period, Including The British Governors At Williamsburg And The Great Plantation Owners George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Byrd, And John Custis. In Presenting Accounts Of Their Gardening Efforts, Martin Reveals The Intricacies Of Colonial Garden Design, Plant Searches, Experimentation, And The Problems In Adapting European Landscaping Ideas To Local Climate. These Writings Also Bring To Life The Social And Commercial Interaction Between Williamsburg And The Plantations, Together With Early American Ideas About Cultured Living. While Placing Virginia's Gardening In The Larger Context Of The Colonial South, Martin Tells A Very Human Story Of How This Art Both Influenced And Reflected The Quality Of Colonial Life. As Virginia Grew Economically And Culturally, The Garden.
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Signed by author. First printing. Very good oversized hardcover in very good dustjacket. Interior clean & fairly bright. Green cloth boards have minor bumping to ends of spine. Dustjacket shows some shelf wear/rubbing & bumping to edges. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 264 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Using a rich assortment of illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He shows that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic, and cultural enterprise that thoroughly engaged some of the leading figures of the period, including the British governors at Williamsburg and the great plantation owners George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Byrd, and John Custis. In presenting accounts of their gardening efforts, Martin reveals the intricacies of colonial garden design, plant searches, experimentation, and the problems in adapting European landscaping ideas to local climate. These writings also bring to life the social and commercial interaction between Williamsburg and the plantations, together with early American ideas about cultured living. While placing Virginia's gardening in the larger context of the colonial South, Martin tells a very human story of how this art both influenced and reflected the quality of colonial life. As Virginia grew economically and culturally, the garden became a projection of the gardener's personal identity, as exemplified by the endeavors of Washington and Jefferson at Mount Vernon and Monticello. In order to recapture the gardens as they existed in colonial times, Martin brings together paintings, drawings, and the findings of modern archaeological excavations. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
