The London Town Garden 1700-1840
Hardcover
2001 · New Haven
by Lonstaffe-Gowan, Todd
New Haven: Yale/Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and color illustrated dustjacket. xiii, 289 pp. 200 color and B&W illustrations. "Much has been written about London's terraced houses with their simple dignity, their economical use of space, and the sense of comfort and human scale. Yet the small gardens that lie before or behind the houses in this great city have until now been overlooked. In this groundbreaking account of the development of the private garden in London, eminent (truncated)