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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.) [Silva, Ercole.] Dell'Arte de' Giardini Inglesi . . . Seconda Edizione. Italian text. 2 volumes. 40 plates of English designs, including 13 folding, engraved by G. Riboli. (10), 217; (4), 211, (1) pages. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, moderately rubbed; minor scattered foxing, plates generally bright and clean. Ex-collection Smiley Brothers, Inc., dba Mohonk Mountain House. Milan: Pietro e Giuseppe Vallardi, 1813
Second and enlarged edition of one of the best and most influential Italian works on English gardens. 'La migliore opera in questo genere che abbia l'Italia'--Cicognara 960 (1801 edition); Schlosser-Magnino 684.
