Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 235
is XIIIrides forth to a phantom chase ; Louis XIVappears in his incomparable pomp ; Louis XVdallies in secluded groves, and Marie-Antoinetteplays hide-and-seek among the statues with herlight-hearted companions, unconscious of thegathering storm. But with the dawn the rustle of silks, the fallof… … THE Fountain of Diana, Versailles ITALY The Boboli Gardens^ Florence TN 1549 BUONACCORSO PITTI,the great-■*■ grandson of Luca, the founder of the PittiPalace, sold the villa of cyclopean walls, with itssurrounding orto^ to the Medici for a sum of ninethousand golden florins, and in May 1550…
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