Follies and Pleasure Pavilions: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
- ISBN-10
- 0810911752
- ISBN-13
- 9780810911758
- Category
- Architecture / History / General
- Pages
- 132
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Author
- Sally Sample Aall
Description
Shows banqueting houses, music pavilions, conservatories, fishing lodges, towers, grottos, bridges, orangeries, bath houses, and mausoleums
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