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The grammar of ornament (1868)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 353

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of industryit would be unfair to altogether pass over. The first and most interesting of them is that of VenetianGlass—a commodity which helped to spread the fame of Venice far and wide over the habitableglobe. The taking of Constantinople by the Turks, in 1453, drove the skilled Greek workmen…

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