Florentine villas

Front matter

Reading edition

FLORENTINE VILLAS

This Edition is limited to 200 copies for England and 100 copies for America

Cast of the face of Lorenzo The Magnificent, taken after death

FLORENTINE VILLAS

BY JANET ROSS

WITH REPRODUCTIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE FROM ZOCCHI’S ETCHINGS AND MANY LINE DRAWINGS OF THE VILLAS BY NELLY ERICHSEN

LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO. NEW YORK: DUTTON & CO. MDCCCCI

To MARGARET COUNTESS OF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE FLORENTINE VILLAS THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF OLD FAMILY TIES AND FRIENDSHIPS BY HER COUSIN JANET ROSS