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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 494

An illustration from Venice: its history, art, industries and modern life;, 1896, leaf 494
m an historicalor descriptive point of view, since our whole book isbut so much description of the historical origin ofindividual monuments. Still, as we wish to describe the life^ and especiallynow that we have spoken at length on matters of artof Venice, I would invite the reader to enter… … THE GRAND CANAL. 389 choosing the altar of the saint of his particular wor-ship^ his dearest relic, or privileged object of de-votion, and while some are praying in the choir,leaning in singular attitudes against the porphyrybalustrade, others have gone to kneel in the littlechapel built to the…

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