The London Square : gardens in the midst of town / Todd Longstaffe-Gowan.
Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012. Description: ix, 334 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9780300152012 (cloth : alk. paper)Other title: Gardens in the midst of townSubject(s): Garden squares -- England -- London | Gardens -- England -- London -- HistoryDDC classification: 712/.5094212 LOC classification: SB466. | G75L645 2012
Contents:
A new attribute of 'the seat imperial of this kingdom' -- Adorning squares in the 'rural manner' -- 'Squares that court the breeze' -- 'Genuine squares', 'new squares' and 'places' -- Squares 'going down in the world' -- The threatened loss of 'invaluable lung spaces' -- Post-war planning and the square to the present -- Epilogue. Giving 'new life to the enthusiasm for squares'.
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"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-322) and index.
A new attribute of 'the seat imperial of this kingdom' -- Adorning squares in the 'rural manner' -- 'Squares that court the breeze' -- 'Genuine squares', 'new squares' and 'places' -- Squares 'going down in the world' -- The threatened loss of 'invaluable lung spaces' -- Post-war planning and the square to the present -- Epilogue. Giving 'new life to the enthusiasm for squares'.