{"product_id":"garden-at-monceau-carmontelle-9780300254686","title":"Garden at Monceau","description":"\u003cb\u003eCarmontelle's landmark publication, \u003ci\u003e Garden at Monceau\u003c\/i\u003e, beautifully reproduced to show the Parisian garden's artistic and cultural importance before the French Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1779, \u003ci\u003eGarden at Monceau \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly illustrated presentation of the garden Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, designed on the eve of the French Revolution for Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orl饌ns, duc de Chartres. With its array of architectural follies intended to surprise and amaze the visitor, the garden was a setting for ancien r馮ime social life. Carmontelle's portrayal of his work in \u003ci\u003eGarden at Monceau \u003c\/i\u003etherefore serves as an expression of a key moment in the history of European landscape design, garden architecture, and social history. This facsimile edition, with its English-language text and reproductions of the original engravings, is accompanied by essays that interpret the landscape design and examine Carmontelle's larger career as a painter and theater producer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Foundation for Landscape Studies and the Oak Spring Garden Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmontelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300254687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300254686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oak Spring Garden Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.20h x 9.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021","brand":"Carmontelle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978439360767,"sku":"9780300254686","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_840b5eb6-605e-420d-8c6a-d28aa98675fb.jpg?v=1683241552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/garden-at-monceau-carmontelle-9780300254686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}