Majorcan Houses and Gardens, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean

New York, New York: W. Helburn, Inc., 1928. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt spine and cover titles. Frontis. map, [VII], XVII, 188 plates in black and white, sepia and white, several have some color. Oversized and heavy. Good, solid copy with an area of discoloration/staining on cover. Spined darkened, wear to spine ends and cover corners. Light foxing on text and plates. Leaf with plates 178-179 has a 4-inch tear and two leaves with text have 3-4" tears, no loss. All plates present. Item #131189

In English. Contains an 8-page elaboration of Majorca, its estates, architecture and gardens, and a 10-page set of notes on the plates. The authors were concerned with the as yet unpublished villas de campo and small farmhouses. "These admirably met the requirements of a country house: beautiful setting, harmonious relation to their surroundings, provision against summer heat, practical arrangements for agrarian activities, and a pleasant house and garden for the owner. As an economic and artistic solution of such more or less universal problems, old Majorcan houses ought to prove interesting in newer parts of the world." --Introduction.

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