Author: CAMPITELLI, ALBERTA
Title: The Vatican gardens : an architectural and horticultural history / Alberta Campitelli ; translated by Ceil Friedman
Description: New York : Citta del Vaticano : Abbeville Press ; Musei Vaticani. Libreria Editorice Vaticana 2009. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 352 pages; 352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.). col. maps ; 34 cm. Summary: Despite their importance to the history of Western gardens and art. no full-length study of the Vatican Gardens has previously been published. The release of 'The Vatican Gardens' - the third in Abbeville's series on Vatican art. which also includes 'The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision' and 'The Loggia of Raphael' - at last gives these important gardens their full due. Covering the period from the thirteenth century through 1930. when the Vatican became a state. 'The Vatican Gardens' explores the plants. planters. and architectural structures of the Gardens in great depth. Subjects: Gardens -- Vatican City -- History. Gardens. Italian -- Vatican City -- History.Weight in Kg appr.:

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