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The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers
The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers
The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers
The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers
The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers
The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers

The Garden as Considered in Literature by Certain Polite Writers

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iv, 309, vii pp. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4. Frontispiece portrait of William Kent. A collection of writings on gardens and gardening, including: Introduction; The Pleasures of the Garden by Pliny the Elder; Villa Laurentina and Villa in Tusculum by Pliny the Younger; Of Gardens by Lord Francis Bacon; Upon the Gardens of Epicurs; or, Of Gardening in the Year 1685 by Sir William Temple; The Spectator: Contributions by Joseph Addison, Pope or Dr. Parnell, Joseph Addison; The Guardian by Alexander Pope; Letters to the Countess of Bute by Lady Mary Wortley Montague; Observations on Modern Gardening by Thomas Whately; Description of a Chinese Garden and The History of a Poet's Garden by Oliver Goldsmith; Biographical Account of William Kent and The History of the Modern Taste in Gardening by Horace Walpole; Of Fences and Quicksets by John Evelyn.