Albom parternoj zeleni : Tsvetochno-dekorativnye kompozitsii i ih elementy (Album by representative grass plants : floral decorative compositions and their components)

Near Fine condition; Occasional rubbing along hardcover edges, corners are lightly bumped, some small scratches on the boards; internally finely preserved.

Amazing album by floral decoration of Soviet towns in communist political propaganda style from Joseph Stalin era is intended for landscape architecture specialists, florists, architects and enthusiasts. On the book worked: a candidate of architecture Kosarevski prepared most of the project proposals, drawings and photographs; Dr. in biological sciences Lypa compiled biological part of the book and bibliographies; architect Salatitsh worked on the rest written material. The album includes flowerbeds drawings with measurements, photographs of practical examples of floral design in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, project recommendations. The text contains basic principles of floral arrangement, given brief annotations of illustrative material, recommended an assortment of ornamental plants. In addition to large number of drawings and schemes in the text, included 72 full-page black and white and 10 color illustration tables.