The Oxford companion to gardens / consultant editors, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe ; executive editors, Patrick Goode, Michael Lancaster.

Title & Author:

The Oxford companion to gardens / consultant editors, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe ; executive editors, Patrick Goode, Michael Lancaster.

Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Description:

xiv, 635, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-635).
Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.

Summary:

This volume covers the history and design of gardens across the globe--from the earliest known examples to the present day. It includes articles on roof gardens, water gardens, secret gardens, and other special types of gardens. It contains essays on garden elements such as fountains, grottoes, herbaceous borders, hedges and follies, and accounts of garden history in individual countries. Definitions of English and foreign-language garden terms are given, as well as biographies of designers, patrons, plant-collectors, and garden enthusiasts. Also included is information on landscape gardening, public parks, and international exhibitions.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0198661231
9780198661238
0198604408 (pbk.)
9780198604402 (pbk.)
0192861387
9780192861382

Subject:

Landscape architecture Encyclopedias.
Gardens Encyclopedias.
Gardens Design Encyclopedias.
Gardens History Encyclopedias.
Landscape gardening Encyclopedias.
Landscape architecture Dictionaries.
Gardens Design Dictionaries.
Gardens Dictionaries.
Landscape gardening Dictionaries.
Architecture du paysage Dictionnaires anglais.
Jardins Dictionnaires anglais.
Jardins Architecture Dictionnaires anglais.
Jardins Histoire Dictionnaires anglais.
Architecture du paysage Encyclopédies.
Jardins Encyclopédies.
Jardins Architecture Encyclopédies.
Gardens
Gardens Design
Landscape architecture
Landscape gardening
Wörterbuch
Gartengestaltung
Gartenkunst
Geschichte
Landschaftsgestaltung
Tuinarchitectuur.
Jardins Dictionnaires.
Architectes paysagistes.
Architecture des jardins.
Architecture du paysage.
Gardens, to 1985 - Encyclopaedias
Gardens History
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

Dictionaries
Reference works
Encyclopedias
History
Ouvrages de référence.

Added entries:

Goode, Patrick, 1948-
Lancaster, Michael.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105737
Call No.: ID:86-B21119
Status: Available

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