Garden at Monceau

Carmontelles landmark publication, Garden at Monceau, beautifully reproduced to show the Parisian gardens artistic and cultural importance before the French Revolution. Originally published in 1779, Garden at Monceau is a richly illustrated presentation of the garden Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, designed on the eve of the French Revolution for Louis-Philippe-Joseph dOrlans, duc de Chartres. With its array of architectural follies intended to surprise and amaze the visitor, the garden was a setting for ancien rgime social life. Carmontelles portrayal of his work in Garden at Monceau therefore serves as an expression of a key moment in the history of European landscape design, garden architecture, and social history. This facsimile edition, with its English-language text and reproductions of the original engravings, is accompanied by essays that interpret the landscape design and examine Carmontelles larger career as a painter and theater producer. Distributed for the Foundation for Landscape Studies and the Oak Spring Garden Foundation