Gardens and Gardening in Papal Rome
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. Hardcover. A green fabic casebound book with the title down the spine in gilt lettering. There is a beige dust jacket with the title in bown down the spine. Pages: (6), vii-xiii, (2), 3-285. Illustrated in black-and-white. VG+/G: The book is in excellent condition. There is one ownership mark on the front free end page. Othewise it is bright with clean pages and tight binding. The dust jacket has three tears about an inch in length on the front cover at the top edge. No text or image is affected. Item #203253
ISBN: 9780691040899
Contents are as follows: Hortus conclusus -- Statuary gardens -- Waterworks: fountains, nymphaea, and grottoes -- The classicizing of the Roman garden: form and association -- The iconography of the Renaissance garden -- Art, nature, and illusion -- Urban gardens -- Garden parks -- French influence -- Garden design and furnishings -- Flora et pomona -- The gardener -- Entertainment -- The public and the Roman garden.
OCLC: 21525199
Price: $120.00