HORTUS: THE ROMAN BOOK OF GARDENING

HENDERSON, JULIAN

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ISBN:978-0-415-32450-2
EAN:9780415324502
Editorial: ROUTLEDGE
Fecha de la edición:2004
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:176
Idiomas:INGLES

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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE CLASICO: GRECIA Y ROMA

The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinaryily varied selection of texts on Roman Horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries. In vivid new translations by John Henderson, Virgil's Georgics stand alongside neglected works by Columella, Pliny and Palladius, bringing to life the techniques and obstacles, delights and exasperations of the Roman gardener. We also hear of the digging, hoeing, planting and weeding which then, as now, went into creating the perfect garden. The first book to look at Roman gardening this is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of gardening history, Roman culture and Latin literature.