Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United States. With rules for criticism, and introduction (1876)
Hobbs, Isaac H., and son, Philadelphia · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co. · leaf 154
(149 i DESIGN LXV. ITALIAN VILLA. This design is one of those imposing buildingswhich are fully up to the advanced tastes of the age.It would suit well upon a headland, looking out upona bay, with gentle sloping surroundings. Muchmoney is wasted yearly in ineffective ornament andbadly-proportioned…
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