Villa Life Renaissance Rome by Coffin David (31 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding with scuffs, creases, sunning to spine & softening to tail of spine. Small pen mark on fore edge of page 11. Otherwise Text and images unmarked.

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Oversized Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition. Jacket in protective mylar.

Paperback. Size: [8-3/8" X 11"] 385pp., illus. Tiny ink signature, small amount of ink underlining on three pages, spine sunned, else very good, clean and sound condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Paperback. 408 page soft cover with many (243) illustrations. The history of the Roman Villa with early plans and drawings and many photographs. Flaws: Some light sun fading in the outer wrap spine area; and some light and moderate pencil margin markings and underlining in one chapter. All else very good condition. The tradition of villeggiatura portrayed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback printing. Large-format softcover volume, measuring approximately 8.5" x 11", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Text appears in double columns. Profusely illustrated. xx/385 pages.

28.0 x 21.5cms 386pp b/w Illusts good+ 15th and 16th century Italian merchants like to withdraw to their country residences and cultivate their leisure interests. This book analyses their villas' social functions and meanings rather than their architecture and formal properties.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First THUS. Sharp copy with no ownership markings. touch of rubbing to spine-ends/corners, else Fine. Some scuffing/nicks along edges of wraps, not clipped: Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xx, 385 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Trade paperback. Condition: Near fine. "Drawing on a wide variety of printed materials and previously unused sources, the author explores twenty of the most important residences built by dignitaries of Church and State. Early plans and drawings and a wealth of photographs aid him in reconstructing the leisure activity of the leaders of Renaissance society in the settings that were built to enhance it." Quarto. Original paper wrappers. The spine is lightly sun faded; else near fine.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1988. 408 pgs. Illustrated throughout with plans and black and white photos. Princeton Monographs in Art and Archeology. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Tracing the history of the Roman villa during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, David Coffin presents the first comprehensive study of the subject of villeggiatura (withdrawal to a country residence) in English. Further, his book is the first in any language to analyze the villa in terms of its social function and meaning rather than its architecture and formal properties. Coffin draws on a wide variety of printed material and previously unused sources to explore twenty of the most important residences built by dignitaries of Church and State. Early plans and drawings and photographs aid him in reconstructing the leisure activity of the leaders of Renaissance society in the settings that were built to enhance it". E-134; PMAA-43; 10.9 X 8.3 X 0.9 inches; 408 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very light shelfwear to wraps. ; Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology XLIII; 10.9 X 8.3 X 0.9 inches; 408 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very light edgewear to wraps. ; Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology XLIII; 10.9 X 8.3 X 0.9 inches; 408 pages.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. INGLESE Monografie di Priceton su Arte e Archeologia n. XXXIV. (24) impreziosita da bellissime illustrazioni in b-n, prefaz. David R. Coffin, anno 1979. N. pag. 385. Legatura vintage, copertina in tela verde con impressioni dorate al dorso rivestita in plastica segnata da aloni di polvere e impronte di umido, abrasioni alle cuffie e punte, compressione da scaffale ai piatti, dati numerici manoscritti e etichette alla guardia posteriore, interno avorio ben saldo avvolto da minimo pulviscolo e sporadiche fioriture, brunitura e pulviscolo ai tagli."Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri, il materiale è stato regolamente acquisito dalla nostra Libreria.".

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xx, 385 pages : illustrations (some color), plans. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index. Contents; Partial contents A chronology of Renaissance popes and cardinals -- I. Villeggiatura : profane and papal -- Chapter 1. The affluent Italian and his country residence -- The secularization of culture -- Vigne -- Chapter 2. The vacation retreat of the church dignitary -- Vacationes generale -- Fifteenth century Villeggiatura -- The Palazzo Venezia -- The Tower of Paul III -- Later history of the Palace and the Tower -- Sixteenth Century Villeggiatura -- Casaletto -- Frascati -- II. Leisure : its setting and pursuits -- Chapter 3. The early suburban villa -- Its antecedents -- The Villa Belevedere -- The Villa Farnesina -- Chapter 4. The hunting lodge and park -- La Magliana -- The hunt in the sixteenth Century -- The passing of the hunting park -- III. Enriching the site -- Chapter 5. The ceremony of entry -- The Villa Giulia -- The Villa Altemps -- Chapter 6. Monte Cavallo -- Early vigne and gardens -- The Villa Carafa -- Lesser vigne on the Quirinal -- The Villa Grimani -- The Villa Carpi -- The Vigna Sermoneta -- The Vigna Panzani -- The Villa D'Este -- Chapter 7. The Hill of Gardens -- The Villa Medici -- Lesser vigne of the Pincian -- The Vigna del Nero -- IV. Recapturing the past -- Chapter 8. Classical antiquity in Renaissance dress -- The Villa Madama -- The Villa Lante -- The Villa Trivulziana, Salone -- The Casino of Pius IV -- Chapter 9. The golden age -- The Farnese Palace, Caprarola -- The Villa d'Este, Tivoli -- The Villa Lante, Bagnaia -- Conclusion : Passage to a new age. Subjects; Architecture, Renaissance Italy Rome Region. Architecture, Renaissance Italy Rome. Palaces Italy Rome Region. Palaces Italy Rome. Architecture, Renaissance. Buildings. Manners and customs. Palaces. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Leinen. 385 Seiten ; Ill. guter Zustand, ohne Schutzumschlag, leichte Lagerspuren am Einband, kleiner Aufkleber im vorderen Deckel, oberer Schnitt leicht stockfleckig, Seiten leicht nachgedunkelt Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1870.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Mild stain to tail of spine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume. Illustrated. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Quarto. Pp. xx, 385. First Princeton paperback printing. Generously illustrated in black & white, with plans and diagrams as well as photographs. The elaborate gardens and rooms of these country houses played an imposrtant part in 15th and 16th century Roman society. Spot to lower edge of text block, else fine, in stiff, glossy illustrated wrappers.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xx, 385 pages : illustrations (some color), plans. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index. Contents; Partial contents A chronology of Renaissance popes and cardinals -- I. Villeggiatura : profane and papal -- Chapter 1. The affluent Italian and his country residence -- The secularization of culture -- Vigne -- Chapter 2. The vacation retreat of the church dignitary -- Vacationes generale -- Fifteenth century Villeggiatura -- The Palazzo Venezia -- The Tower of Paul III -- Later history of the Palace and the Tower -- Sixteenth Century Villeggiatura -- Casaletto -- Frascati -- II. Leisure : its setting and pursuits -- Chapter 3. The early suburban villa -- Its antecedents -- The Villa Belevedere -- The Villa Farnesina -- Chapter 4. The hunting lodge and park -- La Magliana -- The hunt in the sixteenth Century -- The passing of the hunting park -- III. Enriching the site -- Chapter 5. The ceremony of entry -- The Villa Giulia -- The Villa Altemps -- Chapter 6. Monte Cavallo -- Early vigne and gardens -- The Villa Carafa -- Lesser vigne on the Quirinal -- The Villa Grimani -- The Villa Carpi -- The Vigna Sermoneta -- The Vigna Panzani -- The Villa D'Este -- Chapter 7. The Hill of Gardens -- The Villa Medici -- Lesser vigne of the Pincian -- The Vigna del Nero -- IV. Recapturing the past -- Chapter 8. Classical antiquity in Renaissance dress -- The Villa Madama -- The Villa Lante -- The Villa Trivulziana, Salone -- The Casino of Pius IV -- Chapter 9. The golden age -- The Farnese Palace, Caprarola -- The Villa d'Este, Tivoli -- The Villa Lante, Bagnaia -- Conclusion : Passage to a new age. Subjects; Architecture, Renaissance Italy Rome Region. Architecture, Renaissance Italy Rome. Palaces Italy Rome Region. Palaces Italy Rome. Architecture, Renaissance. Buildings. Manners and customs. Palaces. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Illustrations in b/w. 385 pages. 4to, green cloth, d.w. (tear on front cover near foot, repaired internally). Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1979). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.