Italian Gardens of the Renaissance

Published by Alec Tiranti, 8.5" by 5.5", 1953

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A second edition copy of this illustrated book on Renaissance Italian gardens. A second edition copy.An uncommon second edition of Italian Gardens of the Renaissance. The text is in both French and English exploring the architecture of the garden, formality and design and the effect.With one hundred and four pages of illustrations.Collated, complete.With an inscription from Malcolm Higgs dated 1957. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light fading to the spine. With an inscription from Malcolm Higgs dated 1957 to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance
Author
J. C. Shepherd, G. A. Jellicoe
Publisher
Alec Tiranti, 8.5" by 5.5"
Publication year
1953
Condition
Very Good Indeed
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Item weight
0.5 kilograms
Dimensions
8.5" by 5.5"

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