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SPANISH GARDENS

Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes
Published by Antique Collectors' Club in 1987
ISBN: 8485861035

£ 42.00 Photo of SPANISH GARDENS- Stock Number: 1826674

SPANISH GARDENS
Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes.
Stock no. 1826674
1st. 1987. Hardback. Large format. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Marquesa de Casa Valdes was brought up to love nature and spent part of her childhood and youth in the beautiful regions of north-east Spain, where the pinewoods almost meet the sea. During her travels, she has been able to study the gardens of other latitudes and climsates, giving her a sound basis from which to define more clearly the art and skills involved in gardening. Large format. Green cloth boards, white titles. Colour & a few b/w photos. ISBN: 8485861035. Some light scuffing to boards. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Front joint is broken. Else binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at edges.

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Cover of SPANISH GARDENS by Marquis De Casa Valdes

Contents

  • DEDICATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Roman Gardens in Spain
  • Chapter 2. The Arrival of the Arabs
  • Chapter 3. Granada and its Gardens
  • Chapter 4. The Gardens of Seville
  • Chapter 5. Medieval and Cloister Gardens
  • Chapter 6. The Gardens of the Renaissance
  • Chapter 7. The Gardens during the Austrian Dynasty. Philip II to Philip IV
  • Chapter 8. The Gardens of Aranuuez. Philip II to Philip IV. El Buen Retiro. La Quinta del Duque del Arco
  • Chapter 9. Aranjuez in the time of the Bourbons in the Eighteenth Century
  • Chapter 10. The Gardens of La Granja
  • Chapter 11. History of the Spanish Botanical Gardens and the Botanical Expeditions to the New World during the Eighteenth Century
  • Chapter 12. Galician "Pazos", the "Sones" of Mallorca, The "Cigarrales" of Teledo
  • Chapter 13. The Neoclassical Style. Charles III and Charles IV. Aranjuuez during the Nineteenth Centur, the Gardens of the Campo del Moro
  • Chapter 14. Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. The Romantic Garden. Gaudi. Forestier and Neo Arabism. Modern Gardens. The Palm Groves of Elche.
  • Chapter 15. Present-day Gardens in Spain
  • GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF PERSONS
  • INDEX OF PLACES