Visions of Paradise : Themes and Variations on the Garden. [Cottage Garden; Herb Garden; Rose Garden; Kitchen Garden; Perennial Border; Italian School; French Style; English Garden; Designed Landscape; Naturalized Garden]

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang : Distributed by Workman Pub., 1985., 1985. Fine. 1st edition, 2nd printing ; 271 pp. ; chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm. ; Folio ; ISBN: 0941434664 ; 9780941434669 ; LCCN: 85-2826 ; OCLC: 11867042 ; LC: SB472; Dewey: 712/.6 ; photographs by Marina Schinz ; text by Susan Littlefield with Marina Schinz. ; grey cloth with red lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; "The culmination of nearly a decade of work by Swiss photographer Marina Schinz" - dustjacket ; "I have selected gardens of distinct character and spirit. I chose them for their clarity of style. The y either represent the efforts of an individual gardener or reflect the approach of an entire nation."--introduction ; gardens selected include Alderley Grange, Courances, Cyprus Gardens, Dumbarton Oaks, East Hampton New York, Villa d'Este, Faversham, Forum Romanum, Giverny, Great Dixter, Hadrian's Villa, Hampton Court, Hancock Shaker Village, Hestercombe, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Lyegrove, Chateau de Maintenon, Villa Marlia, Villa Medici, Villa Medici di Casetello, Miller Garden, Moncali eri, New College Oxford, Old Westbury Gardens, Oxford Botanic Garden, Palais du Sport Bercy Paris, Chateau de Chantilly, Barnseley House, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Penhurst Place, Villar Perosa, Provincetown Massachusetts, Chateau de Rambouillet, Cha teau de Raray, Pusey House, Rockefeller Center, Villa Rizzardi, Roseraie de L'Hay-les-Roses, Rousham House, Villa Rufolo, Parc de St. Cloud, Santa Barbara California, Santa Chiara Church, Parc de Sceaux, Scotney Castle, Ninfa Sermonetta, Sezincote, Sissinghurst, Snowshill Manor, Stowe Buckinghamshire, Suhr Garden, Tintinhull House, Upton House, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, Chateau de Villandry, Westonbirt, Westwell Manor, William Paca Garden, Winterthur, Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire ; large, heavy volume ; FINE/FINE