Table of Contents

Preface to the English edition; Preface to the first edition; Abridged preface to the second edition; 1. Ancient Egypt; 2. Western Asia in ancient times; 3. Ancient Greece; 4. The Roman empire; 5. Byzantine gardens and the countries of Islam; 6. The middle ages in the west; 7. Italy in the time of the Renaissance and the baroque style; 8. Spain and Portugal in the time of the Renaissance; 9. France in the time of the Renaissance; 10. England in the time of the Renaissance.

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This 1928 highly illustrated two-volume work on garden design is regarded as among the most important surveys of its kind.