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Irish demesne landscapes, 1660-1740 / Vandra Costello.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, 2016.Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846825965:
  • 1846825962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 712.609415
Summary: This book charts the history and development of formal gardening in Ireland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and in particular the grand geometric style that was fashionable between 1660 and 1740. It examines the people who created these gardens, the influences that affected them, the materials that they employed and the uses of landscapes interventions. Using a wide range of sources, including several previously unpublished, this is the most extensive survey of early Irish gardens to date.
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General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 712.609415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 81459

CW067

CW098

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book charts the history and development of formal gardening in Ireland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and in particular the grand geometric style that was fashionable between 1660 and 1740. It examines the people who created these gardens, the influences that affected them, the materials that they employed and the uses of landscapes interventions. Using a wide range of sources, including several previously unpublished, this is the most extensive survey of early Irish gardens to date.

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