The Italian Garden. Edited by David R. Coffin.
Washington, D. C. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees of Harvard University, 1972. Item #998 8vo. 255 x 175 mm., [10 x 7 inches]. [x], 114 pp. Illustrated with 59 black and white illustrations. Bound in original green cloth, title in gilt on upper board. Very good copy.
Inspired by the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks, this book has the following essays: Eugenio Battisti, Natura Artificiosa to Natura Artificialis."; Elisabeth MacDougall, Ars Hortulorum: Sixteenth Century Garden Iconography and Literary Theory in Italy": Georgina Masson, “Italian Flower Collectors’ Gardens in Seventeenth Century Italy"; and Lionello Puppi, “The Villa Garden of the Veneto from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century". Each essay is very well illustrated.
Price: $55.00