Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 31
th the other arts, seems to have revived.In the hey-day of the Renaissance, when the demand came from the greatnobles for gardens to match their splendid palaces and country houses, thearchitect turned instinctively for his inspiration to the writings of theyounger Pliny and his contemporaries.… … THE VILLA BORGHESE Richard Lassels, in his Voyage of Italy, writing about the year1670, says, Crossing over the Fields, I went to Burghesis Villa andgarden, which are a little half mile from the Town. This is the greatestVilla thats about Rome. For here you have store of walks, both openand close,…
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