Product Description
The first edition of Elgood"s "Italian Gardens," complete with fifty-two charming colour plates portraying the atmosphere and beauty of some of Italy"s finest horticultural landscapes.
In the publisher's original cloth binding.
First edition.
Lavishly illustrated with fifty-two colour plates after drawings by George S.
Elgood, including a frontispiece.
Collated, complete.
A substantial work on Italian garden design, presenting a series of drawings depicting notable historical Italian gardens, including those of Florence, Rome, and the Italian lakes, accompanied by descriptive notes by the artist.
George S.
Elgood (1851-1943) was an English artist and garden designer, best known for his watercolour views of formal gardens in Britain and Italy.
He had previously supplied the illustrations for Gertrude Jekyll"s Some English Gardens.
In the publisher's original cloth binding.
Externally, smart.
Slight rubbing and bumping o extremities.
The odd light spot with minor discolouration to perimeters of boards.
Spine faded.
Rubbing to upper perimeters of rear board and head of spine.
Small repair to recto of upper corner of the first leaf.
Small ink shelf annotation to verso of front free endpaper.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages bright and clean with slight age toning to fre edge.
one or two light spots to first and last few leaves and fore edge.
The odd spot to plates.
Very Good
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