ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS

John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1904

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Details

Year of publication

1904

Place of printing

London

Author

[Gardens, Italian Gardens, Parrish, Maxfield], Wharton

Publishers

John Lane: The Bodley Head

Edition

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, AND A HANDSOME COPY OF THE 1907 ISSUE OF

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition, first issue. Profusely illustrated with 52 illustrations, 27 of which are either colourplates or half-tones by Maxfield Parrish, the rest being photographs and drawings by E. Denison, Malcolm Fraser and C. A. Vanderhof. Tall 8vo, publisher?s original dark forest green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine, cover design by Decorative Designers with elaborate pictorial decorations after Maxfield Parrish in an all over design, upper cover stamped in gilt and blocked in light green, blue, purple, gilt and rust, showing a villa garden. 270 pp. A very handsome copy, well preserved, the corners and tips in pleasing condition, some typical foxing to the initial prelim and tissue guard, the binding clean and with very little wear, very light evidence of age. A pleasing example of this very important, beautifully illustrated book.