Glass Houses: A History of Greenhouses, Orangeries and Conservatories
- ISBN-10
- 1854101137
- ISBN-13
- 9781854101136
- Series
- Glass Houses
- Category
- Architecture / General
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Aurum
- Authors
- May Woods, Arete Swartz Warren
Description
This is the classic work on the subject, tracing the history - architectural, botanical and social - of the glass houses, from Roman times, to the height of their popularity in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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