Italian Gardens in Photographic Plates

FORBES, A. Holland.  ARCHITECTURAL GARDENS OF ITALY. Three Volumes.

New York: Forbes & Co., 1902. Portfolio (17 1/2 inches x 13 1/2 inches). 196 photogravure plates. First edition.

Limited edition, number seventy-nine of seven hundred and fifty sets.  "A series of photogravure plates from photographs made for and selected by A. Holland Forbes."  Forbes was a wealthy balloonist who organized the Aero Club of Connecticut and wrote the basic draft for the first aeronautical law in the United States.  Among the Italian gardens included are the Villa Lanta, Villa Farnese, The Vatican, Villa Borghese, Villa Albani, and Villa D'Este.  Each volume has a title leaf with plate identifications.  Some spotting to cloth covers, else very good.

$1,750.00