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Italian Villas and Their Gardens: The Original 1904 Edition | 
| Author: Edith Wharton
Creators: Maxfield Parrish, John Dixon Hunt
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $23.10
You Save: $11.90 (34%)
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 129149
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 284
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 7.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0847831159
Dewey Decimal Number: 645
EAN: 9780847831159
ASIN: 0847831159
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and Their Gardens, a seminal work on garden design, is a testament to the passionate connoisseurship of one of America’s greatest writers. A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation, the book explores more than seventy-five villas, capturing what Wharton calls their "garden-magic" and illuminating the intimate relationship between the house, its formal gardens, and the surrounding countryside.This beautiful hardcover facsimile is carefully reproduced from the first edition published in 1904 and features all of the original plates, including twenty-six illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, as well as decollage edges. It is published in association with The Mount Press. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of the book support the restoration of The Mount, the Massachusetts estate designed and built by Wharton based on the principles articulated in this book and in The Decoration of Houses. Elegantly written and informed by Wharton’s sensitivity and wit, Italian Villas and Their Gardens is a work that belongs on the shelf of every lover of gardens and good taste.
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| Customer Reviews:
Amazing Re-print September 30, 2008
L. R. (Orlando, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My sister read about this book in a recent magazine and we are totally delighted to see that it was available as a reprint from the original plates. Maxfield Parrish, the painter, did the illustrations and they are wonderful in their dreamlike qualities. And the prose by Ms Wharton are flowing and typical of the turn of the last century.
I would recommend this book as a coffe table book, a piece of art and a conversation piece all in one.
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