Shell Houses and Grottoes

Shell Houses and Grottoes - A Shire Album

Paperback (01 Aug 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The artificial grotto has a long and intriguing history in architecture and garden design. This book describes the origins of the grotto in Renaissance Italy, its heyday in eighteenth-century England, its decline in the nineteenth century and its return to favour in the twentieth century.

Book information

ISBN: 9780747805229
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Shire Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 729.6
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 40
Weight: 110g
Height: 213mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 5mm