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The Enclosed Garden: History & Development Of The Hortus Conclusus & Its Reintroduction Into The Present-Day Urban Landscape
by Aben, Rob & de Wit, Saskia
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- Paperback
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2001 (second revised edition; originally published in 1998 as 'De omsloten tuin. Geschiedenis en ontwikkeling van de hortus conclusus en de herintroductie ervan in het hedendaagse stadslandschap'). 23.0 x 17cms, 256pp, b/w illusts, plans, diagrams & text, very good paperback This book contains a historical description of the success of the enclosed garden and an in-depth study of examples and more recent designs. It represents a worthy addition to the discourse on reintroducing the enclosed garden into the urban landscape of today. Includes several illustrations.
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- THE CROSS Art + Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Enclosed Garden: History & Development Of The Hortus Conclusus & Its Reintroduction Into The Present-Day Urban Landscape
- Author
- Aben, Rob & de Wit, Saskia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2001 (second revised edition; originally published in 1998 as 'De omsloten tuin. Geschiedenis en ontw
- Keywords
- Gardens Medieval History Architecture Hortus Conclusus
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
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THE CROSS ART + BOOKS
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.