Lancelot Brown and the Capability Men : landscape revolution in eighteenth-century England
2016, First Edition. London : Reaktion Books. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476778
Physical description; 270 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index. Contents; One. The World of Mr Brown – Two. Gardens and Society, 1700-1750 – Three. The 'Brownian' Landscape – Four. The Brown Connection – Five. Landscape and Modernity – Six. Alternatives and Oppositions. Subjects; Brown, Lancelot (1716-1783) – Criticism and interpretation. Landscape architecture – England – History – 18th century. Gardens, English – History – 18th century. Landscape design – England – History – 18th century.
Price: €60.00