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House and Garden 
HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR GARDENS 
Edited by CHARLES FRANCIS OSBORNE 
Assistant Professor of the History of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania 
Introduction by FRANK MILES DAY 
Past President of the American Institute of Architects 
Illustrated with plans and photographs. Bound in Cloth, Gold and Ink Stamping, 
Size 9x12 inches. 272 Pages on Heavy Coated Paper. 
PRICE SIX DOLLARS 
Historic Houses arvd their Gardens affords such an intimate picture and description of the Palaces, Castles, 
Country Places and Gardens of the Old and New Worlds that “images crowd upon one’s memory and add visionary personages 
to the scenes that are so enriched with fanes and temples that the real prospects are little less than visions themselves.” § 
Three hundred and thirty exquisite pictures from photographs and paintings accompany text contributed by the Countess 
De Le Warr, The Hon. Miss Sackville-West, Miss F. Acland Hood, P. H. Ditchfield, Geo. Walter Dawson and others whose 
observation is as keen as their pens are facile in describing the following historic places : 
The Achilleion on the Island of Corfu 
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England 
The Gardens at Ar.anjuez, Spain 
Gardens of the Villa Lante, near Viterbo, Italy 
Gardens of Castle Miramar, near Trieste, Austria 
The Iris Garden at Horikiri, near Tokyo, Japan 
Gardens of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India 
The Chateau de Brissac, France 
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England 
Royal Gardens of La Granja, San Ildefonso, Spain 
The Home of the Verneys, Buckinghamshire, England 
The Floating Gardens of Mexico 
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England 
Persian Gardens 
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, England 
The Villa Danti, near Florence, Italy 
Colonial Homes of Natchez, Mississippi 
Moor Park, Hertfordshire, England 
Ancient Roman Country Houses 
The Borda Garden in Cuernavaca, Mexico 
Indian Gardens, India 
Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England 
The Abbey of Battle, Sussex, England 
The Villa Palmieri, near Florence, Italy 
An English Castle and its Village, Northumberland, Eng. 
The Villa D’Este, at Tivoli, Italy 
The Gardens of the Alcazar at Seville, Spain 
Dunster Castle, Somersetshire, England 
Levens Hall—An Old World Garden, Westmoreland, Eng. 
The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia 
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