The Art of Garden Design in Italy
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering and t. e. g. xii, 135 pp. 73 bw plates, 27 sketches and plans taken from original surveys, and plans specially made by the author. Good+, covers are still attached but inner front hinge is beginning to split at the bottom, and the outer front hinge has split cloth in the gutter from the top until almost halfway down. Easily (but not inexpensively) restored. Contains the bookplate of Edwin Waterhouse the English accountant know for being a founding member of Price, Waterhouse & Co. Item #31684
Covers Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore; villas on the lake of Como; Castellazzo dei Arconati, near Milan; palazzo Doria, Genoa; villa Imperiali, Sanpierdarena; la Certosa di Pavia; villia Giusti, Verona; villa Collodi, Pescia; Boboli Garden, Florence, villa Palmieri, Florence; villa della Petraja, Florence; villa di Castello, near Florence; villa Corsini, near Florence; villa Gameraia, near Florence; villa Bondi, near Florence; villa Campi, near Florence; villas near Siena; the Royal Palace of the Quirinal; the Vatican Gardens, Rome; villa Borghese, Rome; villa Pamphilj, Rome; villa Chigi, Rome; villa Corsini, Rome; villa Medici, Rome; villa Albani, Rome; Palazzo Colonna, Rome; villas at Frascati; villa d'este, Tivoli, villa Lante, Bagnaia; the Palace of Caserta; and Sicilian gardens. Contains the bookplate of Edwin Waterhouse the English accountant know for being a founding member of Price, Waterhouse & Co.
OCLC: 734566
Price: $200.00