Milner henry ernest (14 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. London with The Author. 1890. First edition. Large 4to hardback. Green cloth gilt, Top edge of pages gilt, others uncut. Boards rubbed, lower edge knocked and slightly crumpled, joints slightly rubbed. Illustrated with sepia and coloured plates. Generally a very clean and sound copy of a scarce book.…

Hardcover. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 116. 10 etched plates in sepia, 2 plans of tree plantations, & 10 partly coloured plates of garden plans (2 double-page). original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (spine ends & corners frayed). First Edition. The author was the son of Edward Milner, who was the colleague for many years of Sir Joseph Paxton, and the younger Milner worked for many years with his father. "It is not the author's intention by this book to give another history of landscape gardening; his intention is rather to record the present development of the art and his own relation to, and practice of it. The love of natural picturesqueness is of very modern growth in England.It is the province of the Landscape Gardener, as I understand the art, to appreciate the multitudinous means whereby Nature expresses her beauty, and to use those means artistically as to arrange their force for producing the delightful result he desires to achieve.To utilize her means and to let the spirit of her works influence our art in every practicable way, is the true practice of the art of Landscape Gardening." (pp. 4-5) Included are chapters on the site of the house and gardens, the terrace, plantings, water, fountains, seats, pavilions, bridges, hothouses, and kitchen gardens. He considers public parks and cemeteries as illustrated by the Buxton Public Gardens in Derbyshire and the cemetery for the Corporation of Stoke-upon-Trent. Two double-page plans for park and gardens show Milner's designs for Peverey, near Shrewsbury, for Sir Offley Wakeham (Aston Webb was the architect), and Keszthely in Hungary for Count Tassilo Festetics.…