The hermit in the garden : from imperial Rome to ornamental gnome / Gordon Campbell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Gordon, 1944-
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Historic gardens > Great Britain.
Hermits > England > 18th century.
Hermitages > England > History.
Gardens > Design > History.
Aesthetics, British > 18th century.
Physical Description:xiv, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
From imperial Rome to ornamental gnome.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1 Origins and Antecedents 1
  • 2 The Idea of the Hermit 21
  • 3 The Hermits 55
  • 4 The Hermitage in Georgian England 96
  • 5 The Hermitage in the Celtic Lands 155
  • 6 The Afterlife of the Hermit 188.