- Foreword [John Beardsley]
- Introduction [Joseph Disponzio]
- Morel’s Practical and Intellectual Formation and the Age of Enlightenment
- Morel’s Théorie des jardins
- The Second Edition
- Notes
- Bibliographic Essay [Joseph Disponzio]
- Theory of Gardens [translated by Emily T. Cooperman]
- I. Of Symmetrical Gardens
- II. Of Nature’s Spectacle and the Advantages of the Country
- III. Divisions of Gardens
- IV. Of the Materials of Nature
- V. Of Climate
- VI. Of the Seasons
- Of Spring
- Of Summer
- Of Autumn
- Of Winter
- VII. Of Terrain
- Of Its General Effects
- Principles for Shaping the Terrain
- Conclusion
- Of the Relationship of Terrain to the Classes of Gardens
- VIII. Of Water
- General Effects
- Specific Characters of Water
- IX. Of the Effects of Vegetation
- X. Of Rocks
- XI. Of Buildings
- XII. Of the Countryside
- Description of Ermenonville
- XIII. Of the Park
- Description of Guiscard
- XIV. Of the Farm
- XV. Of the Garden Proper
- XVI. Of the Types
- Notes to the Translation
EX HORTO: DUMBARTON OAKS TEXTS IN GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE STUDIES
Theory of Gardens
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