Vredemann de Vries, Hans. Hortorum viridariorumque elegant & multiplicity formae, ad architectonicae, artis normam afabre delineatae. Copper title and 20 copper plates. 23.5 x 29.5 cm. ==References== ==References====External links==* Official website Antwerp, Philipp Galle, 1583. Ornament stitch collection Berlin 3390. Nagler XXIII, 378 (no more than 17 sheets). Wurzbach II, 831, 4 (irrig "1563" and also only 17 sheets). – The complete first of three episodes recorded in the Berlin Ornament Stich collection. Various gardens of the Renaissance with labyrinths, arcades etc. in the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian style are presented. The beautiful and meticulously engraved work is considered a milestone in the European garden art of the Dutch Renaissance artist, architect and theorist Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1606), who had a European influence on the Renaissance and Baroque garden of the Princely Courts. – Edges minimally brittle, few kink marks, finger stains and a little tanned, occasionally flaky, with Traces of use, but complete and remarkably well preserved specimen of the rare work.