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Architectural Gardens of Italy. A Series of Photogravure Plates from Photographs Made For and Selected by A. Hollanmd Forbes, Editor of Architecture. In Three Parts. Edition Limited to Seven Hundred and Fifty Numbered Sets.

Forbes, A. Holland · New York City

Author
Forbes, A. Holland
Date
1902
Place
New York City
Publisher
Forbes & Company, Limited
Language
English
Binding
Folio.(13.5" x 16.75") 3 folio volumes. Edition Limited to 750 Sets. Full green cloth with deteriorating spines. Top edge gilt, green endpapers, title page in red and black. Bookplate of American Architect John T. Windrim to front pastedown. Gutters professionally strengthed with bookbinders tape. Light foxing to prelims, title pages, and several plates throughout each volume. Covers stained, soiled, scuffed and rubbed in places. Illustrated with 196 photogravure plates of the Architectural Gardens of Italy.
Format
Part I: Villa Lante, Bagnaja; Villa Giacomelli, Cornuda; Villa Farnese, Caprarola; Villa Corsini, Rome; Villas Ruspoli, Rome; The Vatican, Rome; Villa Borghese, Rome; Villa Catena, Poli. Part II: Villa Medici, Rome; Villa Bel Respiro (Pamphily-Doria), Rome; Villa Giusti, Verona; Villa Borromeo, Isola Bella; Villa San Remigio, Pallanza; Villa Di Quarto, Florence; Imperial Gardens, Florence; Boboli Garden, Florence; Villa Castello, Florence; Villa Petraja, Florence; Villa Majano, Florence; Villa Palmieri, Florence; Villa Fabbricotti, Florence; Villa Muti, Frascati. Part III: Villa Albani, Rome; Villa D'Este, Tivoli; Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati; Villa Falconieri, Frascati; Villa Mondragone, Frascati; Villa Picolomini (Lancellotti), Frascati; Villa Conti (Torlonia), Frascati; Royal Garden, Caserta; Capuchin Garden, Amalfi
Category
Architecture, Art & Craft
Record
S.I.9363

Architectural Gardens of Italy. A Series of Photogravure Plates from Photographs Made For and Selected by A. Holland Forbes, Editor of Architecture. In Three Parts. Edition Limited to Seven Hundred and Fifty Numbered Sets. Folio.(13.5" x 16.75") 3 folio volumes. Edition Limited to 750 Sets. 1902. New York City: Forbes & Company, Full green cloth with deteriorating spines. Top edge gilt, green endpapers, title page in red and black. Bookplate of American Architect John T. Windrim to front pastedown. Gutters professionally strengthened with bookbinders tape. Light foxing to prelims, title pages, and several plates throughout each volume, some heavier than others. Covers stained, soiled, scuffed and rubbed in places. Illustrated with 196 photogravure plates of the Architectural Gardens of Italy. These three volumes of bound plates are complete and comprise: Part I: Villa Lante, Bagnaja; Villa Giacomelli, Cornuda; Villa Farnese, Caprarola; Villa Corsini, Rome; Villas Ruspoli, Rome; The Vatican, Rome; Villa Borghese, Rome; Villa Catena, Poli. Part II: Villa Medici, Rome; Villa Bel Respiro (Pamphily-Doria), Rome; Villa Giusti, Verona; Villa Borromeo, Isola Bella; Villa San Remigio, Pallanza; Villa Di Quarto, Florence; Imperial Gardens, Florence; Boboli Garden, Florence; Villa Castello, Florence; Villa Petraja, Florence; Villa Majano, Florence; Villa Palmieri, Florence; Villa Fabbricotti, Florence; Villa Muti, Frascati. Part III: Villa Albani, Rome; Villa D'Este, Tivoli; Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati; Villa Falconieri, Frascati; Villa Mondragone, Frascati; Villa Picolomini (Lancellotti), Frascati; Villa Conti (Torlonia), Frascati; Royal Garden, Caserta; Capuchin Garden, Amalfi

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