Verlag: Venice: Appresso il Nicolini : [per Francesco Valvasense], In Venetia, 1660
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
Zustand: Good. Small folio. (20.5 x 31cm . Contemporary calf, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt. Second edition.(12¼x8"), [12], 148 pp. (a-c A-2O ). Illustrated with large woodcuts throughout. Condition:Moderate binding wear with some calf loss to extremities, joints cracked; early owner mark excised from flyleaf with loss of paper' , moderate dampstaining and toning to first two gatherings and quires R (pp.65-68), 2L (pp.133-136), 2N (pp.142-144); otherwise only scattered spotting or soiling; still very good. Colophon: In Venetia per Francesco Valvasense, 1660. Adi 25 Maggio.References: The Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University / catalogue compiled by Lawrence Hall Fowler and Elizabeth Baer., no. 281; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:59219787.Provenance: Florence Yoch (1890-1972) and Lucile Council (1898-1964) were among the most prolific and influential landscape architects in Southern California during the early and mid-20th century. Partners both in business and in life, they completed more than 250 landscape commissions over a period of roughly four decades?projects that included landmark public gardens and private gardens for Hollywood elites. The Huntington is home to the Florence Yoch Papers, a trove of drawings, photographs, research files, and office records that tell the story of the couple's firm and provide a tremendous resource for researchers.