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List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction 1. Establishment of theClassic Landscape -Mutations of the Seigneurial Residence -ProtectionistPolicies and Economic Planning -The Rehabilitation of the French Nobility 2.The Generation of Planners -The Milieu and Corporation of Gardeners-Practical Geometry and Measuring Instruments -Conceptions of Landscape 3.Theory and Forms of the French Garden -From Agronomy to Aesthetics -ThePrecepts of Boyceau de la Baraudiere -Symbolism of the Classic Garden andOrigins of the Constitutive Parts -Some Gardens from the First Half of theSeventeenth Century -Critical Analysis of Courances -The Originality of Vaux-Fragments of Le Notre's Theory and Typical Features of His Style 4. Parks,Forests, and Planning -The Surintendance des Batiments du Roi -Regional-ScalePlanning at Versailles -Regulation of Space Conclusion Notes GlossaryBibliography Index Translator's Acknowledgments