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 | #4750800 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  1994-06-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.09 x6.49 x9.66l, | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Visions of Grandeur|By L.Ralston|When you think of gardening and great gardeners you immediately think of the English. For hundreds of years this tiny island has produced some of the most influential gardens and architecture. This book provides a most picturesque view of country estates and the architecture of gardening. PERFECT for us weekend gardeners with visions of grand| |"Coffin presents an engaging history of the uses of gardens for hermitages, meditation, confessionals, memorials, monuments, and entertainment."--Choice| |

More so than other Europeans, the English have turned to their gardens or wooded "wildernesses" for contemplative consolation. To explore the meditative aspect of English garden-making, David Coffin combines selected poetry, diary extracts, letters, and more formal writing from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries with charming illustrations and his own perceptive commentary. The English saw the impermanence of life in "weather-beaten heads" of flower...

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