O’Kane, Finola.

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

Cork, Cork University Press, 2004. Quarto. XI, 211 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. 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 /

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• Language: English
• ISBN: 185918362X
• Inventory Number: 29671AB