MANGIN, Arthur (1824-1887), French Writer Les Jardins, Histoire et Description. Alfred Mame, Tours 1867. Numerous engravings. Small Fo. Red cloth. Stained and splits plus BOLTON, Arthur, Ed. The Gardens of Italy with historical and descriptive notes by E. March Phillips. Country Life 1919. Small Fo. Red cloth with d/w, torn (2)

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PETER HAYDEN 21 April 1928 – 24 September 2019

Staffordshire based garden historian Peter Hayden was the author of Biddulph Grange: A Garden Rediscovered and a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Gardens, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, The Garden, Landscape Design and Country Life.  During National Service in the Intelligence Corps he trained as a Russian interpreter.  His research into Russian gardens culminated in Russian Parks and Gardens (2005).  In 2006 he was awarded a Gold Medal by the Russian Academy of Arts, the first foreigner to receive the award since it was introduced by Catherine the Great in the Eighteenth Century.  His interests – including horticulture, topography, local history and cookery – are reflected in his extensive private library.