Subtitled ‘Three Hundred Years of Extraordinary Groves, Burrowings, Mountains and Menageries’, this is an illustrated study of the rare, the wonderful, the bizarre and the delightfully batty – from the C17th to the early C20th. Reminds us that fads can be marvellous outlets for the imagination. This book is a feat of scholarship.
English Garden Eccentrics
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£30.00
Edition:Hardback978191310726026/04/2022
Categories: 12. Spring Books 2022: Gardens, Gardens, History, Spring Books 2022
Tags: Plain Glorious, Social History
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