{"product_id":"garden-history-of-devon-an-illustrated-guide-to-sources-southwest-studies-s-9780859894531","title":"Garden History of Devon An Illustrated Guide to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA reference guide to historical sources for over 200 Devon gardens. It also provides an introduction for would-be garden historians on how to conduct garden research. Each entry begins with a brief section describing the garden''s history, amplified by quotations from contemporary travellers and diarists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" . . . This volume will be an invaluable handbook for tourists and others visiting the county's historica gardens as well as a guide to further research . . . Don't assume, though, that this is just garden history de haut en bas; Gray is broad-minded enough to provide appendices listing records of allotments and of nurseries and market-gardens in the county.\" (Archives, Volume 23, No. 98)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"For anyone involved in researching historic parks and gardens a publication of this kind is both invaluable and a great rarity. Lucky Devon! The information contained in it is the kind that takes hours of painstaking trawling through record office indexes and catalogues to unearth. Todd Gray has done the sifting process for us and produced a short-cut to relevant archival, illustrated and published sources for the 226 parks and gardens listed. A wide range of users will find this book useful and fascinating, from those involved professionlly with historic parks and gardens to owners, local historians, or even media researchers in search of authenticity. The author has opened an Aladdin's cave of riches: let us hope that it is put to good use.\" (Landscape History)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLocation of Record Offices and Libraries\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDevon's garden history\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDevon's gardens and the surviving documents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning garden research in Devon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUsing the Guides\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGarden descriptions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDocumentary sources\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePrinted sources\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNote on editorial policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Gardens Appendices:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix One. Devon places and gardens visited by Revd John Swete as noted in his travel journals, 1789-1804\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix Two. Allotment gardens in Devon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix Three. Devon nurseries and market-gardens\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix Four. Devon garden societies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix Five. Miscellaneous Devon records\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359247106391,"sku":"9780859894531","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859894531.jpg?v=1754124100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/garden-history-of-devon-an-illustrated-guide-to-sources-southwest-studies-s-9780859894531","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}