The Roman book of gardening / / John Henderson
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| Autore: |
Henderson John <1948, >
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| Titolo: |
The Roman book of gardening / / John Henderson
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Edizione: | New Edition |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 635/.0937 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gardens, Roman |
| Gardens - Rome | |
| Vegetable gardening - Rome | |
| Herb gardening - Rome | |
| Gardens in literature | |
| Latin literature - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Note on the text; Preface: Preparing the ground; Introduction: Reserving a plot: from Virgil, Georgic Four; Produce in prose: from Columella 11; Flowery verse: Columella 10; Nature's miracles in Pliny's Encyclopaedia; A year in the garden with Palladius; Notes: Tying up loose ends; Further reading: Where next; Date chart: As and when; Indexes: Names and varieties; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Roman Book of Gardening brings together the Latin texts which teach and celebrate herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose. Henderson provides the only book on the practice of Roman gardening. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Roman book of gardening |
| ISBN: | 1-134-34611-5 |
| 1-134-34612-3 | |
| 9786613917010 | |
| 1-283-60456-6 | |
| 0-415-32449-1 | |
| 1-280-03610-9 | |
| 9786610036103 | |
| 0-203-35699-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783952103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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