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VENICE
Written by Jan Morris.
Stock no. 1830615
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition.

Printed cloth, silver title to spine. Map of Venice to endpapers. Colour photos. xv and 346 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily faded at edges.

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THE STONES OF VENICE
Written by John Ruskin; Jan Morris. Illustrated by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 1830517
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Stones of Venice was originally published in 3 volumes between 1851 and 1853. Ruskin believed that the best of Gothic architecture was to be found in Venice. This edition is in beautiful terracotta pictorial cloth with colour plates by Ruskin. Edited and Introduced by Jan Morris. Top edge terracotta. xlvi and 350 pages includes index. Headband to top of spine has come unglued from the outer spine. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1830206
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Almost very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Second printing. Spines have faded (fairly normal for this set). Center section of first set of coloured plates in 'Rome' has not been bound in and so is loosely contained but present, lower front corner is bumped in correlation with the slipcase. Contents of all three volumes are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little bashed to lower end (and thus 'Rome' is bumped to one lower corner) with wear to short side.

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1829357
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Spines are very lightly browned else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split to either side of top but still firm, also worn to top & tail of spine, a few scuff marks (VG-).

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VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Written by Giulio Lorenzetti.
Stock no. 1827118
Published by Edizioni Lint Trieste. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint from the 1961 edition. Small format. Cream cloth boards, blue titles and black illustration to front. B/w photos. Folding maps. Text block a little grubby. Tiny crease to tip of top corners, light diagonal crease to top corner of prelims. Else a clean copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a biro mark crossing out to rear panel (price?).

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VENETIAN PAINTING IN THE 15TH CENTURY
Written by Otto Pacht. Illustrated by Jacopo Bellini; Andrea Mantegna; Gentile Bellini; Giovanni Bellini.
Stock no. 2138856
Published by Harvey Miller Publishers. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Jacopo, Gentile and Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna. ISBN: 1872501230. Light wear along cover edges. Some page edge browning.

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TITIAN AND THE ALTARPIECE IN RENAISSANCE VENICE
Written by Patricia Meilman.
Stock no. 2138773
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0521640954. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks/chips; faded to spine.

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THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
Written by John Berendt.
Stock no. 2128091
Published by Sceptre. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, title to spine. ISBN: 0340824980. SIGNED by author to title page. Foxing to top of outer page edges.

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