Welcome to Edith Wharton's Library! This site displays searchable image files for the books contained in Wharton's library at The Mount, her historic estate in Lenox, MA.
1st volume of the collection.
Bound in quarter blue morocco.
On the title page there is a picture printed in black ink of a naked man digging with a shovel.
There is a picture of C.-A. Sainte-Beuve printed in black ink on the flyleaf.
Brown…
2nd volume of the collection.
Bound in quarter blue morocco.
There is a page reference handwritten on the flyleaf page that seemingly reads "Pantily for - 395". This note references the sonnet on page 395 that begins with the words "J'ai vu le…