The Old Gardens of Italy : How to Visit Them : By Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond : With Illustrations From Her Photographs.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912. Item #1471 8vo. 195 x 140 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ½ inches]. xiii + 177 pp., including a List of Books Consulted and three pages of ads. With ninety-eight black and white photographs within the text. Publishers’ tan cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and a photograph printed in black and white on the front cover; fore and bottom edge deckled with the top edge smooth; bookseller’s ticket from The White House in San Francisco affixed to the bottom left corner of the back cover. Book is Very Good: corners bumped; moderate soiling and shelf wear but otherwise in fairly good condition; textblock is clean; the last four leaves are uncut. First Edition. Elizabeth Alice Frances (1861–1934), known after her third marriage as Aubrey Le Blond, was an Irish mountaineer, photographer and travel writer. She was a leading figure in early women’s sport, having twice ascended Mont Blanc following the birth of her son in 1880, as well as a pioneer in the emerging field of snow photography. This work on Italian gardens was inspired by a set of photographs she produced for an earlier book The art of garden design in Italy (1906) by H. Inigo Trigg's and her own extensive travels throughout Italy documented the gardens she describes within.
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