Willes, Margaret.

The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2011. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 299 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Includes the following essays: Introduction – The Pattern in the Quilt / Fit for a Queen / The Men on the Ground / Strange Encounters / Spreading the Word / House and Garden / Court and Country / Curious Gardeners / The Sun and the Moon / Secrets Revealed / The Long Winter / Epilogue – Springtime.

″In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England. Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacular book trade spread this new knowledge still further – reaching the growing number of gardeners furnishing their more modest plots across the nation and its young colonies in the Americas. Margaret Willes introduces a plethora of garden enthusiasts, from the renowned to the legions of anonymous workers who created and tended the great estates. Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises and practical manuals that inspired these men – and occasionally women – Willes’ book charts how England’s garden grew.” (Amazon)

″Willes, who was a publisher for the National Trust, is a true bibliophile who has undertaken an ambitious piece of research that will be invaluable to students of gardens and their history.”—Rosie Atkins, “History Today”

• Keywords: British history · Cultural history · Garden · Garden Collection – Ann Geneva · Garden Design · Garden Design – Collection · Garden Design – Rare · Garden history · Library & Collection Building
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780300163827
• Inventory Number: 72428AB