Steve Gross: Historic Charleston & the Lowcountry, Gebunden

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Step inside Charleston's finest historic homes and gardens through Steve Gross and Susan Daley's luminescent photography---an elegant hardbound tour of architectural treasures from colonial French Quarter homes to antebellum plantations.

In this elegant hardbound volume, photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley take you on an intimate tour of some of the finest historic homes, gardens, churches, and plantations of the old city of Charleston and its surrounding Lowcountry. Their luminescent photographs reveal an insider's look at the definitive architecture and landscape of the region, ranging from private gardens hidden behind wrought iron gates to some of America's first landscaped garden vistas. From colonial-era French Quarter homes to Federal and Greek Revival townhouses and antebellum plantation houses, the selection featuring old family, private homes to museum showplaces make this an essential book for visitors, architects, preservationists or armchair travelers.