Contents: v. 1. A temple amidst the mountains: Villa Cimena, Castagneto Po -- A gentlewoman of high society: Palazzo Lotteringhi della Stufa, Florence -- The bequest of a lady: Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice -- Books of paper and books of stone: Casa Zeri, Mentana -- Nineteenth-century neoclassicism in Tuscany: Palazzo Pierantoni, Lucca -- The cardinal, the ladies, and the remedies: Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia -- The furnishings of a condottiere: The Fortress of Soragna -- The enigma of memory: Mario Praz, Rome -- Hunts of the Medici and the Hapsburgs: Villa Tadini, Agnano -- The rooms of a prince: Naples -- Portrait of an abode: Villa Mandri, Reggello -- Memories of the Orient on the Riviera: Villa Laura, Ospedaletti -- Theaters on the water: Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore -- The twentieth-century Lombard renaissance: Casa Necchi Campiglio, Milan.

Contents: v. 2. Smoke and mirror: Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi, Palermo -- The antique tastes of a modern man: Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza -- An amateur's masterpiece: The Castle of Guarene -- The Fountains of Youth: Villa Mansi at Segromigno, Lucca -- Olympus in arms: Castello Massimo, Arsoli -- A temple for Bucephalus: Thiene Castle Stables -- At the crossroads of taste: Palazzo Terzi, Bergamo -- The Granary over the muses: Villa Godi Malinverni, Lonedo di Lugo, Vicenza -- In praise of harmony: Villa Bruni Tedeschi, Castagneto Po -- The conspirator's refuge: Villa Rossi, Gattaiola, Lucca -- Baroque's heroic elegance: Palazzo Colonna, Rome.

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