Venaria Reale : palazzo di piacere, e di caccia, ideato dall'altezza reale di Carlo Emanvel II, duca di Sauoia, re di Cipro &c.
A 1674 Turin folio by Amedeo di Castellamonte and others, published by Bartolomeo Zapatta, documenting the Venaria Reale hunting palace commissioned by Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy. Its engravings show the palace façades, courtyards, gardens, fountains and staircases in precise architectural views, with figures and carriages added for scale, useful to designers studying Baroque garden plans, formal axial layouts and classical ornament.
