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020			_a0198661231
020			_a9780198661238
082	0	4	_a712 _bOXF
245	0	4	_aThe oxford companion to gardens. _cedited by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and Susan Jellicoe
260			_aNew york: _bOxford University Press, USA, _c1986.
300			_a635p.
500			_aHardcover.
520			_aThis new Oxford Companion covers the history and design of gardens all over the world from the earliest recorded known examples to the present day, encompassing everything from small private gardens to the vast public park at Versailles, from the secret gardens of Arab princes to legendary gardens that no longer exist. Some 250 halftone illustrations of gardens feature contemporary paintings and engravings, recent and early photographs, garden plans and sketches. In addition, 24 pages of color plates illustrate the rich variety and scope of the garden. The Companion is neither a practical manual on how to select and grow plants nor a garden visitor's handbook. Rather, the 1500 entries include over 700 on individual gardens selected for their historical significance and originality of design. In addition, the Companion brings together for the first time in a single convenient reference work information on modern garden designers, such as Church, Baragan, Burle Marx, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Jens Jenson, and on principal patrons, illustrators, and nurserymen and plant collectors--information heretofore available if at all only in specialist periodicals and in a few rare books. There are also entries on features such as fountains, mazes, serpentine walls, and moon doors; and on garden terms like jie jing, �tang , and casino . Gardens for special purposes are included--for disabled people, hospitals, and prisons, roof gardens, rock gardens, and water gardens. Longer articles cover garden design in major countries, and specialist topics such as botanical illustration, Islam, public parks, and landscape architecture as an academic subject. As in other Oxford Companions the entries are arranged alphabetically with comprehensive cross-referencing.
650		4	_aHorticulture. _9207836
650		4	_aLandscape art & architecture. _9127083
650		4	_aLiterary studies: general. _958114
650		4	_aGardens - History - Dictionaries. _9207837
650		4	_aLandscape Architecture And Design. _9207838
650		4	_aLandscape Horticulture. _9207839
650		4	_aLiterary Criticism. _9207840
650		4	_aGardening / Horticulture. _9109153
650		4	_aHellenic languages. _9207841
650		4	_aGardening/Plants. _948087
650		4	_aArchitecture / Landscape. _9127086
650		4	_aGeneral. _9207842
650		4	_aLandscape. _9207843
650		4	_aAncient and Classical. _9207844
650		4	_aDesign. _9207845
650		4	_aEncyclopedias. _9207846
650		4	_aGardens. _9207847
650		4	_aHistory. _9207848
650		4	_aLandscape architecture. _9207849
650		4	_aArchitecture. _9207850
700	1		_aJellicoe, Sir Geoffrey (ed.) _9207851
700	1		_aJellicoe, Susan. (ed.) _9207852
700	1		_aGoode, Patrick. (ed.) _9207853
700	1		_aLancaster, Michael. (ed.) _9207854
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