TUCKERMAN, W. P.   DIE GARTENKUNST DER ITALIENISCHEN RENAISSANCE-ZEIT.      Berlin: Verlag Von Paul Parey,   1884.          First edition. Tuckerman's illustrated study of Italian Renaissance gardens was the first modern scholarly investigaton of the subject. It was also among the most thorough and broadly focused of early histories of Italian gardens and strongly influenced German scholarship on the subject well into the twentieth century.   4to (25.6 x 17.8 cm); xvi + 187 pp. with over 50 wood-engraved text illustrations (many copied from Percier and Fontaine) + 21 plates.            Original pictorial paper-covered boards with cloth spine; short split in cloth near head of spine; light soiling and spotting of covers, but generally well preserved. $450.00

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