Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and DevelopmentMatthews, W. H.
History
Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
Matthews, W. H.
Labyrinths; Maze gardens
LONDON, G., and WISE, H. "The Compleat Florist," 1706 afterwards
published by J. CARPENTER as "The Retir'd Gardener." (Primarily a
translation of French works by L. LIGER and F. GENTIL.)
LANGLEY, BATTY. "New Principles of Gardening," 1728.
(Numerous maze designs.)
SWITZER, S. "Ichnographia Rustica," 1742, Vol. II, p. 218.
FULLMER, S. "Gardener's Companion," 1781, p. 105.
HOME, H. (Lord KAMES.) "Elements of Criticism," 1796, Vol. II, p. 348.
(Criticism of mazes in gardens.)
WALPOLE, H. "Essay on Modern Gardening," 1785.
ROBINSON, W. "The English Flower Garden," 1921.
MacARTNEY, MERVYN. "English Houses and Gardens of the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries," 1908.
(Article on hedges and mazes.)
BROWN, A. J., in _American Homes and Gardens_, VII, November 1910,
pp. 423-5.
(iii) GREAT BRITAIN (PARTICULAR LOCALITIES)
LAW, E. "History of Hampton Court Palace," 1900, Vol. III, pp. 74-7.
ROCQUE, J. "Engraving of Hampton Court," 1736.
(Shows the "Troy-town," as well as the Maze and a spiral garden.)
DEFOE, D. "Tour through Great Britain," 1738.
(Hampton Court "Wilderness.")
_Daily Chronicle_, February 22, 1921.
(Revenue from Hampton Court Maze.)
_Parliamentary Surveys._ Survey No. 72, 1649. Transcribed by John
Caley, F.R.S., in _Archaeologia_, Vol. X, 1792.
(Maze at Wimbledon.)
KIP, J. "Britannia Illustrata," 1720.
(Mazes at Wrest House and Badminton.)
WILLIAMS, W. "Oxonia depicta," 1732.
(Trinity College labyrinth.)
VALLANCE, AYMER. "The Old Colleges of Oxford," 1913, p. 77.
(Trinity College labyrinth.)
AUBREY, J. "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme," 1686-7.
(Mazes in Southwark and Tothill Fields, Westminster. The 1881
edition has an editor's note _re_ maze on Putney Heath.)
_Churchwardens' Accounts_, St. Margaret, Westminster, 1672.
(Tothill Maze.)
_Collectanea Topographica_, Vol. VIII, 1843, pp. 253-62.
(Maze in Southwark.)
STRICKLAND, A. "Lives of the Queens of England," 1851, Vol. I, p. 264.
(Southwark.)
WROTH, W., and A. E. "The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth
Century," 1896.
CRISP, Sir F. "Guide for the use of visitors to Friar Park," 1914.
(Maze and Dial Garden at Henley-on-Thames.)
NESFIELD, W. H. "Estimate and Plan for R.H.S. Gardens," 1860 (S.
Kensington). Also plan in R.H.S. "Official Guide," 1864.
HUTCHISON, A. F. "The Lake of Menteith," 1899.
(Queen Mary's Bower.)
TRIGGS, H. INIGO. "Formal Gardens in England and Scotland," 1902.
(Mazes at Arley Hall and Belton House figured.)
ELGOOD, G. S., and JEKYLL, G. "Some English Gardens," 1904, p. 127.
(Maze at Arley Hall.)
(iv) FRANCE
ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, J. "Les Plus Excellents Bastiments de France,"
1576, and other architectural works.
(Mazes at Charleval, Gaillon, etc.)
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