Considered a seminal, scholarly work on the philosophy of garden art. First published in 1909 by John Murray, Sir George Sitwell’s An Essay on the Making of Gardens is a 128-page classic analysis of garden design principles, heavily influenced by his study of Italian Renaissance gardens. It explores the nature of beauty, landscape design, and the use of water, advocating for formal, architectural garden design
Title: On The Making of Gardens
Author: Sir George Sitwell
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1951 reprint of the 1909 first edition.
Format: hardcover with dust jacket
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 76 with 16 b/w. photographic plates at rear of text.
Language: English
Condition: very good
Provenance: The library of British landscape designer, Allan Hart, A.L.I., M.I.Hort., Dip.Ld.(UCL), Dip.IPRA
Stock Number: RB05247 AH
Considered a seminal, scholarly work on the philosophy of garden art. First published in 1909 by John Murray, Sir George Sitwell’s An Essay on the Making of Gardens is a 128-page classic analysis of garden design principles, heavily influenced by his study of Italian Renaissance gardens. It explores the nature of beauty, landscape design, and the use of water, advocating for formal, architectural garden design
Title: On The Making of Gardens
Author: Sir George Sitwell
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1951 reprint of the 1909 first edition.
Format: hardcover with dust jacket
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 76 with 16 b/w. photographic plates at rear of text.
Language: English
Condition: very good
Provenance: The library of British landscape designer, Allan Hart, A.L.I., M.I.Hort., Dip.Ld.(UCL), Dip.IPRA
Stock Number: RB05247 AH
