Italian Villas and Their Gardens - Wharton, Edith; Lear, H. L. Sidney
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This vintage book comprises a comprehensive guide to Italian villas and their gardens - written by Edith Wharton. This interesting and profusely illustrated guide will appeal to those with an interest in the beautiful villas of Italy, and it will be of special interest to fans and collectors of Wharton's work. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a famous American writer and designer who won the Pulitzer prize and who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. The chapters of this book include: 'Florentine Villas', 'Sienese Villas', 'Roman Villas', 'Villas Near Rome',…mehr

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This vintage book comprises a comprehensive guide to Italian villas and their gardens - written by Edith Wharton. This interesting and profusely illustrated guide will appeal to those with an interest in the beautiful villas of Italy, and it will be of special interest to fans and collectors of Wharton's work. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a famous American writer and designer who won the Pulitzer prize and who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. The chapters of this book include: 'Florentine Villas', 'Sienese Villas', 'Roman Villas', 'Villas Near Rome', 'Caprorola and Lante', 'Villa D'Este', 'Frascati', 'Genoese Villas', 'Lombard Villas', 'Villas of Vienetia', 'Lists of Books Mentioned', and 'Architects and Landscape Gardeners Mentioned'. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
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EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Her other works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Custom of the Country. In her lifetime, Wharton wrote eighteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travelogues, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.