Attlee, Helena: Charles Latham's Gardens of Italy from the Archives of Country Life , London, Aurum Press 2009

Cloth, illustrated dw, 192pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. Unpublished for a century, Charles latham's images record the rich heritage of these gardens before social upheavels and war changed many of them irrevocably. Helena Attlee has selected over 150 of his superb photographs, and accompanied them with a lively and authoritaive commentary on twenty-one of these historic gardens. She describes their original owners and designers - the princes, popes and cardinals who created them - and sets their exceptional creations in the context of the fascinating history and art of Italian garden making. They are taken from the two volume "The Gardens of Italy" published by Country Life in 1905. Fine (Book ref. 630)  £20.00

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