Earthly paradises : ancient gardens in history and archaeology / Maureen Carroll

Carroll, Maureen

2004, Reprint. London : British Museum Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #428411
ISBN: 071412768X

Contents: Ancient gardens and the evidence -- Utilitarian and ornamental house gardens -- Orchards, groves and parks -- Sacred gardens -- Gardens of the dead -- Gardeners and gardening -- Plants of the ancient world -- Gardens in ancient poetry -- Gardens and paradises. Subjects: Historic gardens. Excavations (Archaeology). Gardens, Roman. Gardens, Egyptian. Garden history. Garden plants.

Price: €10.95