PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary Sources are vital for the study of garden and landscape history. The sources below are linked either to images in the database or to the historical documentation portion of the website.
Castell, Robert. The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated. London: Printed for the Author, 1728.
Crescenzi, Piero de’. De Agricultura Istoriato. Venice, 1504.
Crescenzi, Piero de’. Opus ruralium commodorum. Speyer: Peter Drach, 1495.
Dahlberg, Eric. Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Stockholm, 1691–1714 (1726).
della Bella, Stefano. Six views of the Villa Medici at Pratolino. 1651–1653.
Piranesi, Giambattista. Pianta delle Fabbriche Esistenti nelle Villa Adriana. Rome: Published posthumously by Francesco Piranesi, 1781.
Shepherd, J.C. and G.A. Jellicoe. Italian Gardens of the Renaissance. New York: Scribner’s, 1925.
Triggs, H. Indigo. The Art of Garden Design in Italy. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1906.

