La Casa Nel Tiempo; Storia universale dell'abitazione e dell'arredamento
Rome: Canesi, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 151,149, 189 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Total of 174 color plates, and a plethora of black and white illustrations: photographs and drawings. A comprehensive worldwide review of domesticity and interior design from the earliest times through the 20th century. First volume covers prehistory, pre-Columbian, Asia, Islam and the Greco-Roman periods. Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Colonial America [Vol. II], and last volume carries to the present, also discussing modern architecture and landscape gardening. Index in each volume with general index of buildings in last volume. Text in Italian. Fresh, bright set. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine slipcase. 3 vols. Item #18686
Price: $150.00