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Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life; (1896)

Yriarte, Charles [Émile], 1832-1898. [from old catalog], Sitwell, F. J., [from old catalog] tr · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & co · leaf 218

An illustration from Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life;, 1896, leaf 218
centimetres, and its rise,from the usual level of the waters of the GrandCanal, measures seven metres. The traveller who delights to linger on St. MarksPlace, in the Basilica, at the Ducal Palace, in themuseums and churches, should also halt long andoften at the Rialto. This is a corner with a… … THE EIALTO. 169 with cocomeriy angurie^ with gourds and watermelonspiled in mountains of color; there the gondolasjostle, and the gondoliers chatter like birds in theirVenetian idom ; there too are the fishermen in theirbusy, noisy, black-looking market, an assemblageof strange craft and strange…

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