1904 FAMOUS 1ed Italian Villas & Gardens Edith Wharton Maxfield Parrish ART

1904 FAMOUS 1^ed Italian Villas & Gardens Edith Wharton Maxfield Parrish ART

Edith Wharton was a 19^th-century American author known for her stories of the American Gilded age. While she is much better-known for her book ‘Age of Innocence’, she published an important study into Italian homes, gardens, and villas focusing on the correlation between fine homes and their gardens.

First published in 1904, this work contains 26 impressive illustrations from Maxfield Parrish. According to Forbes,

“Parrish illustrations, in trademark dreamy, fairy-tale style–seems to dislocate these legendary gardens from time altogether”.

This 1904 first edition is known to be very valuable with records of sale for $3000!

Item number: #27699

Price: $750

WHARTON, Edith

Italian villas and their gardens

New York: Century, 1904. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xii, 270
  • 52 illustrated plates (26 from Maxfield Parrish)
• Edition note:
  • ‘Published November, 1904’ on copyright page
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Decorative green cloth
• Size: ~10.5in X 7.5in (27cm x 18.5cm)

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