The Art of Landscape Architecture |
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| Author:
| Parsons, Samuel |
| Introduction by:
| Kowsky, Francis R. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-952620-17-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | Library of American Landscape History
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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As superintendent of planting in Central Park and landscape architect to New York City for nearly thirty years, Samuel Parsons Jr. (1844-1923) was a last direct link to Vaux and Olmsted. His widely read 1915 book summed up the theories and work that had inspired America's first generation of landscape architects. Francis R. Kowsky's introduction ......
As superintendent of planting in Central Park and landscape architect to New York City for nearly thirty years, Samuel Parsons Jr. (1844-1923) was a last direct link to Vaux and Olmsted. His widely read 1915 book summed up the theories and work that had inspired America's first generation of landscape architects. Francis R. Kowsky's introduction ......