1981
MR. AISLABIE'S GARDENS
Studley Royal, Hackfall and Kirkby Fleetham: landscaped during
the 18th century by John Aislabie and his son, William. This compilation
of historical and contemporary material asserts the continuing stimulus
of the landscape garden. As the inaugural publication, it set the agenda
for the New Arcadian Press.
- Cover.
- Anonymous The Moon Pools, Studley Royal. (engraving, c.1760)
- Title Page.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller. Portrait of John Aislabie in Garter Robes (oil
painting).
- 4.
- Patrick Eyres. A Pre-Amble (and, pp. 11, 18, notes on the gardens).
- 6.
- Edward Lucie-Smith. Introduction.
- 8.
- John Walker. Studley Royal, 1716-81.
- 10.
- Jim Hingston. The Trees in John Aislabie's Garden.
- 14.
- Patrick Eyres. Nike Hercules, the 'Hedgehog' Garden.
- 20.
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (with Nicholas Sloan). A Proposal for the Lothian
Estates, Monteviot: The Monteviot Policies Improved, 1979. The 18 pages
(A5 portrait) of this seminal work have proved to be a nursery of ideas
for the subsequent garden proposals of Ian Hamilton Finlay. It is published
here in full.
- 41.
- Checklist of Illustrations (32, including a print, c. 1750, of the Water
Garden at Studley Royal, on the cover. 4 maps) Harvey Dwight (photographs),
Ian Gardner (watercolours), Andrew Griffiths (photographs),
Grahame Jones (Drawings), Caroline Nix (maps), Nicholas
Sloan (Calligraphy and Drawings), John Tetley (lithograph).
- Production (A4 Landscape, 28 pp., edition of 1000 with 4 pp. insert
catalogue to the inaugural exhibition, 'Mr. Aislabie's Gardens').
- Patrick Eyres
- Editor (including proof reading and preparation for print: pagination and
paste-up).
- Patrick Eyres/Ian Gardner
- Design.
- Andrew Griffiths
- Bromides of drawings.
PJN - Leeds - 18/10/2007
