O’Kane, Finola.

Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland – Mixing Foreign Trees with the Natives.

Cork, Cork University Press, 2004. Octavo. XI, 211 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition.

Includes the following chapters: Securing the Ground and Gardens: Robert Molesworth’s Landscape of Breckdenston / Design, Engineering and Hydraulics at Breckdenston / The Farmlike Way of Gardening / The Necessity of Luxury / The Landscape of Castletown House / Adorning the Country with Ruins: Louisa Conolly’s Gothic Walk / Designing Women / To Mix Foreign Trees with the Natives: The History of Carton Demesne / Miniature Demesnes / Demesnes as Neighbours / The School at Frescati / A Suburban Irish Ferme Ornee / Landscape and Theatre / Gardening and Rebellion / The Grand Tourist / Epilogue: The Obelisk on the Horizon / With two Appendices: Appendix 1: Transcript of extracts from the source material referring to the planting of Castletown / Appendix 2: Transcripts relating to garden equipment and technologies used at Castletown /

• Keywords: 18.Jahrhundert · 18th Century · 18th Century – Rare · Dendrologie · Dendrology · Garden · Garden Architecture · Garden Design · Garden Design – Collection · Garden Design – Rare · Garden history · Gardening · Historical Landscape Design · Historical Map · Ireland · Irish Garden History · Landscape Design · Landscape Gardening · Trees · Trees in Ireland
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185918362X
• Inventory Number: 28628AB

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