The present article is a changed version of the ‘Introduction' written by the author for a new forthcoming edition of G. Masson's ‘Italian Gardens' (Harry N. Abrams, New York 1961), published in Italian by Officina Libraria, Milano (2010), and in English by Garden Art Press, Woodbridge (2010).
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