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Essay on gardens : a chapter in the French picturesque translated into English for the first time /

The result is a horticultural and ecological laboratory that includes a residence, a farm, stables, a dairy, an apiary, a mill, walks, vistas, flower beds, an area reserved for medicinal plants, decorative statues, a medical laboratory, and even a small infirmary for ailing members of the community....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718-1786
Otros Autores: Danon, Samuel, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]
Colección:Penn studies in landscape architecture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Joseph Disponzio
  • Essay on Gardens
  • On Gardens
  • Utilitarian Establishments
  • The Embellished Farm
  • Early Parks
  • Modern Parks
  • The Nature of the Terrain
  • Orientation
  • Trees
  • Water
  • Space
  • Flowers
  • Rocks and Grottoes
  • Garden Styles
  • The Poetic Style
  • The Romantic Style
  • Pleasure Gardens
  • The Chinese Garden
  • The French Garden
  • Letter to a Friend.