more at the Fair than produce this Fes- most beautiful and varied effect is produced. From print. an engineering standpoint the cascades are a truly tival Hill, with its cascades and lagoon and magni- Another singular feature in connection with the ficent reach of landscape garden effects, they… … As the building has a strictly festive purpose, fires. The total expense was $400. The effect is the architect and the sculptor have aimed to ren- stated as having preserved 25 per cent of the har- der it joyous in its spirit and treatment; but vest, or some 125 to 150 barrels of wine. above and…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-408-227.webp)
