Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: "The plans and description of the two most beautiful country houses of Pliny the Consul"
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200233
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Title:
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"The plans and description of the two most beautiful country houses of Pliny the Consul"
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View:
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"Laurentian villa, explanation of the plan" (pp. 10-11)
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Dates:
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1706
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Location:
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Europe--Netherlands--Noord-Holland --Amsterdam
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Location Type:
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Creation
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Culture:
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French
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Creator:
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author
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javersy
1619-1695
French
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Creator:
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author
Pliny, the Younger
c. 61-112
Roman
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Creator:
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architect
Scamozzi, Vincenzo
1552-1616
Italian
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Measurements:
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5.9 x 3.5 cm (regular pages)
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Repository:
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Bronx, NY, USA, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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Repository Number:
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Reilley Collection, 25
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Books
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Subjects:
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Pliny the Younger; Letters of Pliny the Younger (1st CCE); Tuscan Villa (Pliny); Laurentian Villa (Pliny); Landscape descriptions; Reconstructions; Letters (correspondence); Villae urbanae; Imperial (Roman); Text
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Work Notes:
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Published by Amsterdam: aux depens d'Estienne Roger. Originally published in 1699 in Paris. Includes a translation of Pliny's letters, together with observations on all of the buildings and a text touching on ancient and gothic architecture. Pliny's letters on his villas (2.17 and 5.6) were written in the last quarter of the 1st century AD.
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Copyright Notice:
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(c) The New York Botanical Garden
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Rights Type:
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fair use
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