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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 236

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 236
n on other Genoese palacescarried out by his pupils give some conception of their beauty. As del Vaga appears to have been consulted on all matters of taste byhis patron, it is more than probable that the garden plan, which datesfrom about the year 1530, is also his. He would naturally be… … 1 The Palazzo Doria was enlarged and remodelled by Fra GiovanniAngelo Montorsoli. It is set back but a short distance from the seashore, and is raised upon a narrow terrace, with the parterre lying on thelevel space beneath. A simple but graceful loggia, or open gallery, stretchesthe whole length…

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