Follies & grottoes
1974, First Edition. Second Edition, Heavily Revised and Enlarged. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and sun-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Reader inscription to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476950
ISBN: 0094593507
Physical description; xvii, 459 pages : illustrations, facsimile, genealogical table, plans ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-446) and index. Contents; The beginnings – The landscaped parks – The Gothick style: ruinous and full of owls – The folly style: flints and irregular stones – The exotic styles – Follies in the classical style – The grottoes – The hermitages – The moles – Towers and giants – Useful follies – Cones, bones and druids – Folly gardens – Concrete and engineering bricks – The twentieth century – Follies by country : England ; Wales ; Scotland ; Ireland ; Islands. Subjects; Follies (Architecture) – Great Britain. Grottoes (Garden structures) – Great Britain. Architecture – Great Britain – History.
Price: €48.95