A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

A biography of an unsung Victorian hero, Joseph Paxton was the man behind the garden design at Chatsworth and the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Victorians heralded a new era of creativity, a revolutionary fervour seizing all forms of design. Joseph Paxton was a leading light of this movement. Head Gardener at Chatsworth House by the age of twenty-three, encouraged by the sixth Duke of Devonshire he transformed the Derbyshire estate into the greatest garden in England

Pevná vazba s přebalem, větší 8°, 307 stran. V angličtině. 

Vydání: Fourth Estate 2003.

Stav knihy: Velmi dobrý stav, přebal mírně zašpiněný.