Add this copy of Polite Landscapes: Gardens and Society in Eighteenth to cart. $57.75, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; textblock edges have light smuding/scuffing; interior is clean; binding is solid. ). VG-(DJ is edge/shelfworn, with smudged/scuffed/creasing. ) Black cloth boards with gilt lettering; color-illustrated DJ, with navy, black and white lettering; viii, 182 pp.; richly illustrated. "Parks and gardens in eighteenth-century England are usually seen as works of art created by individual geniuses like William Kent, Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. But this narrow view wasn't necessarily shared by contemporaries, and Tom Williamson in this thought-provoking book reveals that the aristocracy and gentry, who paid for these private landscapes and lived in them, were motivated by more complex interests and needs." "Landowners had strong ideas of their own about how their property should look and how it should function. The park and garden were part of a working estate consisting of farms and forestry enterprises, and the surroundings of the country house were shaped to suit the requirements of hunting, shooting, riding and other recreational activities as well as to conform to the aesthetic principles of philosophers and landscape gardeners." "Tom Williamson's pioneering study concentrates on the wider social, economic and political implications of these elaborate private landscapes. He emphasizes the practical relationship between the landowners who were demanding customers and the designers who were businessmen as well as artists. In the process he shows how changing fashions in the layout of gentlemen's pleasure grounds were related to broader currents of social and economic development in eighteenth-century England."--Jacket.
Add this copy of Polite Landscapes: Gardens and Society in Eighteenth to cart. $69.74, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Alan Sutton Publishing.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780750904377.
Add this copy of Polite Landscapes: Gardens and Society in Eighteenth to cart. $153.10, good condition, Sold by BARNABY rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Alan Sutton.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Pages free from notes or highlighting. A good used copy without significant flaws. Publisher's note: Fully illustrated with contemporary maps and plans. viii, 182 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; England; Civilization; Landscape gardening; Gardens; Parks; Landscape design; ISBN: 0750904372. ISBN/EAN: 9780750904377. Add. Inventory No: 231102KHAD03048.