Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 50
eserved, Castello,Petraia and Poggio Imperiale, it may be said that theyhave the same impersonal official look as the Boboli. Castello and Petraia, situated a mile apart beyond thevillage of Quarto, were both built by Buontalenti, thatbrilliant pupil of Ammanatis who had a share in theplanning of… … FLORENTINE VILLAS of Zocchi, the eighteenth-century engraver, a semicir-cular space enclosed in a low wall once extended be-tween the house and the road, as at the neighbouringVilla Corsini and at Poggio Imperiale. It was an ad-mirable rule of the old Italian architects, where thegarden-space was…
