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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 162

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 162
ded to place therein a figure of bronze, throwingwater from its mouth. At the end of this garden there was to be a portal in the centre, withmarble figures of boys throwing water ; a fountain was to be formed oneach side, and in the angles were to be double niches, within whichstatues were to be… … From the above-mentioned dooj- at the end of this garden a flight of stepsconductsto a second garden, of equal width with the first; but, ascendingthe hill straight upwards, it presented no great depth, being impeded bythe acclivity of the mountain. On each side of this upper garden was likewise to…

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