The History of Garden Design by Georges Teyssot; Monique Mosser by Georges Teyssot; Monique Mosser

Thames & Hudson, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. In Like new condition but pages very slightly tanned so sold as very good. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The gardener labors to harmonize nature's most subtle forms with his or her own most elaborate plans. Gardens present a succession of ever-rephrased dialogues between nature and culture, design and delight, work and play. Yet they are also mutable and fragile, vulnerable to the rigors of the changing seasons. The most stimulating thought and research on the history of the garden from the fifteenth century to the present day are organized chronologically here in sections that cover the humanist garden in Renaissance Italy; the Baroque garden and classical park; picturesque, arcadian, and sublime gardens of the Enlightenment; mazes, grottoes, and other curiosities; town and city parks; and even Disneyland. In each section, individual gardens are analyzed as paradigms of their type: the Hortus Palatinus in Heidelberg, the Parc Monceau in Paris, Stowe in England, and many others, including contemporary gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Geoffrey Jelli