Esther Singleton — The Shakespeare Garden

New York, William Farquhar Payson, 1931. Cloth. A remarkable gardening work looking at the flora used in Shakespeare's works, with a guide on how to produce a Shakespeare garden. This is a gardening work, examining gardening and horticulture during Shakespeare's days. It looks at the history of the Elizabethan garden and the flowers used in Shakespeare's works, as well as containing a guide on how to design one's own Shakespeare garden.A new edition, with a fresh introduction and bibliography. This work was first published in 1922. Written by Esther Singleton, an American author and journalist.Illustrated from photographs and woodcuts. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; some bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in slight loss, and a few small paint splatters to the front board. Internally, firmly bound with a little strain at pages 128 and 129. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .