Alexander Pope : the poet and the landscape / Mavis Batey
1999, First Edition. London : Barn Elms Pub. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #447612
ISBN: 189953105X
Physical description: 135 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 132) and index. Contents: 'Take nature's path' -- 'Under the wing of my Lord Burlington' -- 'Happy the man' -- 'The pensive Grot' -- 'Gardening is near-akin to philosophy' -- 'Villas of the ancients' : Marble Hill -- 'Consult the genius of the place in all' -- 'Paints as you plant and as you work designs' -- Nature being imitated and improved -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Pope, Alexander 1688-1744 Aesthetics. Pope, Alexander 1688-1744 Homes and haunts. Pope, Alexander 1688-1744. Pope, Alexander 1688-1744 Criticism and interpretation. Pope, Alexander 1688-1744. Contributions in landscape gardening.
Price: €12.95