The Gardens Of Italy Volumes By Charles Latham, 2 Volumes (Hardcover, 1905)

  
New York: Southampton, Country Life. First edition, Elephant folio, pp. Green cloth boards with ornate gilt lettering & illustration on front & spine. Covers are rubbed and bumped. Endpapers are toned and have previous owner's name penned on upper right corner of ffep, So many b/w photos throughout both volumes. The ancient Romans thoroughly understood villa life but they differentiated between the villa rusting or farm and the villa urbana, a pleasure-house in the country or on the outskirts of the town.