Front matter

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ITALIAN VILLAS AND

THEIR GARDENS

VILLA CAMPI, NEAR FLORENCE

ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS

BY

EDITH WHARTON

ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES BY

MAXFIELD PARRISH

AND BY PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

1905

Copyright, 1903, 1904, by

The Century Co.

Published November, 1904

THE DE VINNE PRESS

TO

VERNON LEE

WHO, BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE, HAS UNDERSTOOD AND INTERPRETED THE GARDEN-MAGIC OF ITALY

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