Matteo Vercelloni has created designs for innovative land management and is the author of Il paradiso terrestre: Viaggio tra i manufatti del giardino dell'uomo (Jaca, 1986). Virgilio Vercelloni (1930-1995) was an architect and landscape gardener and the author of European Gardens (Rizzoli, 1990).
"A reader, running a finger along one of the winding garden paths
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Journal
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intellectual fashions, and prevailing politics of the
day."--Publishers Weekly
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"A lush history of the garden in Western culture. . . . An
absorbing narrative and a rich treasure chest of images."--Books &
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