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Italian villas and their gardens / Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parrish.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : The Mount Press ; New York : Random House [distributor], 2007.Description: xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780847831159 (hbk.)
  • 0847831159 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Italian villas and their gardens.LOC classification:
  • DG420 .W55 2008
Summary: A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation, with a brief history of more than seventy-five villas as well as a detailed discussion of their gardens and the relationship between the villa, its garden, and the surrounding countryside.
List(s) this item appears in: A Life in Books: Favorites of Penelope Hobhouse (from Gardens Illustrated #228) | Facsimiles and reproductions of historical books
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB466.I8 W42 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 39352800144933
Total holds: 0

"The original 1904 edition" - cover.

A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation, with a brief history of more than seventy-five villas as well as a detailed discussion of their gardens and the relationship between the villa, its garden, and the surrounding countryside.

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