Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.:
200234
Title:
"The plans and description of the two most beautiful country houses of Pliny the Consul"
View:
"Laurentian villa, explanation of the plan" (pp. 12-13)
Dates:
1706
Location:
Europe--Netherlands- -Noord-Holland --Amsterdam
Location Type:
Creation
Culture:
French
Creator:
author
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javersy
1619-1695
French
Creator:
author
Pliny, the Younger
c. 61-112
Roman
Creator:
architect
Scamozzi, Vincenzo
1552-1616
Italian
Measurements:
5.9 x 3.5 cm (regular pages)
Repository:
Bronx, NY, USA, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Repository Number:
Reilley Collection, 25
Category:
Villas
Work Type:
Books
Subjects:
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
Work Notes:
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.
Copyright Notice:
(c) The New York Botanical Garden
Rights Type:
fair use

"The plans and description of the two most beautiful country houses of Pliny the Consul"