As you may have guessed, Pruned likes free things, and is always in the hunt for useful resources that come with no charge, registration, and required affiliation. One recent discovery is the complete electronic fascimile of the original Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a staple of any introductory landscape history survey.
“The enigmatic, polyglot Hypnerotomachia Poliphili has fascinated architects and historians since its publication in 1499. Part fictional narrative and part scholarly treatise, richly illustrated with wood engravings, the book is an extreme case of erotic furor, aimed at everything — especially [landscape] architecture — that the protagonist, Poliphilo, encounters in his quest for his beloved, Polia.”
Unfortunately, no translation of the original text in any other language is provided.