Author: Ovidio Guaita
Botanical Notes by Laura Cuce

Publisher/Date: Monacelli (1999, 1st printing)

Format/Condition: NEW hardcover book with dust jacket is in fine condition. Profusely illustrated in color. 280 pages, measures approx 10×11 ½ inches.

Description: Sun-drenched courtyards in Yemen and Iran. Lands of the Far East renewing their ancient heritage in landscape. Unusual gardens in Madagascar and Malta, based on the unique vegetation of those islands. Famous gardens at Versailles and Blenheim Palace. Ovidio Guaita spent more than ten years traveling the world to document the myriad forms of historic and contemporary gardens, and this magnificent volume is the culmination of his work—an extraordinary, 50-country survey of landscape and garden design inspired by the terrestrial paradise of Eden itself.