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VENICE

by Jan Morris

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 2008

Nearly fine condition. Printed cloth, silver title to spine. Map of Venice to endpapers. Colour photos. xv and 346 pages including index.

Minor rubbing to base of spine and lower corners. Contained in publisher's grey slipcase which is unevenly faded at edges.

Stock no. 1816630

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Contents

  • FOREWORD
  • LANDFALL
  • THE PEOPLE
  • 1. Islanders
  • 2. The Venetian Way
  • 3. Strong Men
  • 4. The Truth Not to Everyone
  • 5. On Women
  • 6. Minor Venetians
  • 7. Pageantries and Panaceas
  • 8. 'Poi Cristiani'
  • 9. Minorities
  • 10. Melancholia
  • THE CITY
  • 11. Ex-Island
  • 12. Streets Full of Water'
  • 13. Stones of Venice
  • 14. City Services
  • 15. Age
  • 16. The Bestiary
  • 17. Arabesques
  • 18. The Seasons
  • 19. New on the Rialto
  • 20. Curiosities
  • 21. The Prodigies
  • 22. Purposes
  • THE LAGOON
  • 23. Seventh Sea
  • 24. The Office of a Moat
  • 25. Navigation
  • 26. On the Edge
  • 27. Island Towns
  • 28. Holy Waters
  • 29. Dead and Alive
  • 30. the Sacred Bulwarks
  • 31. Lost
  • EMBARKATION
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • INDEX

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