By Thomas Okey
London   J. M. Dent & Sons
9" by 7" xv [2], 2-332pp
A delightful study of the history and architecture of the Italian city of Venice, illustrated throughout with bright colour plates.
By Thomas Okey

1910 Venice and its Story

London   J. M. Dent & Sons
9" by 7" xv [2], 2-332pp
A delightful study of the history and architecture of the Italian city of Venice, illustrated throughout with bright colour plates.
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Colour Plates, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The revised third edition of Thomas Okey's study of Venice history of the city of Venice. An Italian translator and renowned expert on basket weaving, Okey was the author of numerous volumes regarding the art and architecture of Italy and France. 

Providing topographical information alongside an account of the history, criticism, and appreciation of Venetian architecture and painting, discussing the  Basilica of St. Mark, the Grand Canal, Petrarch's house, the Rialto, and much more. 

Illustrated with forty colour plates, a folding map, and numerous further vignette and full plate illustrations. Collated, complete.

Condition

In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Slight discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Blind stamp to rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with heavier spotting present to pages surrounding plates. Spotting to folding map.

Very Good

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