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The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665: A Manuscript Planting
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The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665: A Manuscript Planting Notebook with a Study, Transcription, and Translation [With Manuscript Planti Hardcover - 2006

by Ada V. Segre


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This fascinating two-volume set includes a photographic reproduction of an anonymous seventeenth-century Italian gardener's notebook from Dumbarton Oaks's Rare Books Collection. The notebook is a record of the planting of three flower gardens at San Lorenzo. It is now believed that the gardens were created for Margherita de' Medici Farnese, duchess of Parma and Piacenza. The notebook provides insight into the creation of a seventeenth-century garden, from identifying flowers to planning flowerbeds. In turn, these sketches reveal the gardener's own intentions and reflections on the designs. Ada Segre's accompanying study of the notebook is a groundbreaking example of garden archaeology. She considers its provenance and connection to the world of the duchess and her gardens. Segre also evaluates the importance of the manuscript as an object and as a source of information on garden design and practice in Italy during the mid-seventeenth century. Three computer-generated recreations of the garden's planting beds are included with the reproduction.

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  • Title The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665: A Manuscript Planting Notebook with a Study, Transcription, and Translation [With Manuscript Planti
  • Author Ada V. Segre
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, D. C.
  • Date 09/30/2006
  • Features Bibliography, Maps, Slip Case, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780884023029 / 0884023028
  • Weight 4.34 lbs (1.97 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.62 x 9.44 x 1.44 in (32.05 x 23.98 x 3.66 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Gardening - Italy - Piacenza - 17th century, Gardens - Italy - Piacenza - 17th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005024569
  • Dewey Decimal Code 635.909
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