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Italian Villas and Their Gardens
Edith Wharton and Maxfield Parrish
Edith Wharton walks the terraced gardens of Florence, Siena, and Rome, reading each villa as a composition of stone, water, and shade. She lingers at the Villa d'Este and Frascati, at Caprarola and Lante, teaching the eye to see how Italians designed with cypress and fountain. A stylish classic of garden writing. Stroll the parterres with a master guide.
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73 chapters
- 1ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4INTRODUCTION ITALIAN GARDEN-MAGIC
- 5I FLORENTINE VILLAS
- 6II SIENESE VILLAS
- 7III ROMAN VILLAS
- 8IV VILLAS NEAR ROME
- 9I CAPRAROLA AND LANTE
- 10II VILLA D’ESTE
- 11III FRASCATI
- 12V GENOESE VILLAS
- 13VI LOMBARD VILLAS
- 14VII VILLAS OF VENETIA
- 15LIST OF BOOKS MENTIONED
- 16ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE-GARDENERS MENTIONED
- 17ALESSI (GALEAZZO) 1512-1572
- 18ALGARDI (ALESSANDRO) 1602-1654
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