Mr. Hamilton's elysium : the gardens of Painshill / Michael Symes
First Edition. London : Frances Lincoln. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Item #439908
ISBN: 9780711230552
Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Gardens of Painshill -- A brief history of the estate -- The Hon. Charles Hamilton -- Hamilton the collector -- The lake -- The buildings -- The exotic and oriental -- Hamilton's trees and shrubs -- Images of Painshill -- Hamilton and the picturesque -- The vineyard -- Aftermath and restoration. Subjects; Hamilton, Charles 1704-1786 Homes and haunts. Hamilton, Charles 1704-1786. Hamilton, Charles. Hamilton, Charles (1704-1786). Hamilton, Charles 1704-1786 Homes and haunts England Surrey. Painshill (Surrey, England). 1700-1799. Landscape design England Surrey History 18th century. Homes. Landscape design. Painshill Park (Surrey). Gardens, English. Historic parks. Landscape gardening. Garden design. Biography. History. 18th century. Parks England Surrey History 18th century. Landscape design England Surrey History 18th century. Architecture and Planning. Gardens.
Price: €14.95