A Thing in Disguise - The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

In the 19th century Joseph Paxton, a man with no formal education, strode like a colossus. Head gardener at Chatsworth by the age of 23, he built enormous glasshouses, ambitious waterworks and gathered plants from all over the world, including the largest collection of orchids in England. But it was the Crystal Palace, home of the Great Exhibition in 1851, that secured Paxton's fame. Six times the size of St Paul's Cathedral his design, doodled on a piece of blotting paper, was the architectural triumph of its time.

This copy is a bit sun faded. and a sticker on the cover.