The most glorious prospect : garden visiting in Wales 1639-1900 /
Harden, Bettina,
The most glorious prospect : garden visiting in Wales 1639-1900 / Bettina Harden. - 257 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.
The Most Glorious Prospect' reveals the history of garden visiting in Wales between the years 1639-1900, a bygone era of garden visiting brought to life using travellers' diaries, letters and experiences. Bettina Harden documents the historic gardens of Wales as experienced by contemporary travellers in a book that is endlessly fascinating, intricately detailed and delightfully humorous. This is an authoritative insight into how the great gardens were first made accessible to the polite world, before being opened up to a wider middle-class audience.
9781910862629 (hardback) 1910862622 (hardback)
GBB803114 bnb
018667883 Uk
Historic gardens--History.--Wales
Historic gardens--Wales--Pictorial works.
Wales--Description and travel.
SB451.36
The most glorious prospect : garden visiting in Wales 1639-1900 / Bettina Harden. - 257 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.
The Most Glorious Prospect' reveals the history of garden visiting in Wales between the years 1639-1900, a bygone era of garden visiting brought to life using travellers' diaries, letters and experiences. Bettina Harden documents the historic gardens of Wales as experienced by contemporary travellers in a book that is endlessly fascinating, intricately detailed and delightfully humorous. This is an authoritative insight into how the great gardens were first made accessible to the polite world, before being opened up to a wider middle-class audience.
9781910862629 (hardback) 1910862622 (hardback)
GBB803114 bnb
018667883 Uk
Historic gardens--History.--Wales
Historic gardens--Wales--Pictorial works.
Wales--Description and travel.
SB451.36