[Rarebooks] FS:"Fons Sapientiae. Renaissance Garden Fountains"

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"Fons Sapientiae. Renaissance Garden Fountains"

Washington; Dumbarton Oaks: 1978.

The text and illustrations from a series of papers given at the Dumbarton
Oaks symposium, including "Beauty Bare: Speaking Waters and Fountains in
Renaissance Literature" - "Water-Works and Water-Play in Renaissance
Naples" - "Sixteenth Century Garden Fountains in Rome" - "Bartolomeo
Ammannati’s Marble Fountain for the Sala Grande of the Palazzo Vecchio" -
"Domain of illusion: The Grotto in France".

Hardcover. 7"x10", 206 pages, plus 62 black & white and 1 folding plate.
Fine condition. [32979] $100.00

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