Venice: Its History- Art- Industries and Modern Life

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1896. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None stated. Charles Yriarte's illustrated work on Venice, in a decorative gilt cloth binding with a folding map. A later edition, first published in 1880. In the publisher's original decorative gilt cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, twenty-seven monochrome plates and a full colour folding map to the rear. Collated complete. This interesting work on Venice is written by Charles Yriarte, A French writer and traveller with a background in architecture, and was translated from the French by F. J. Sitwell. This work provides a descriptive account of the city of Venice, discussing its architecture, history and art as well as providing a depiction of life in the iconic city in the time of publication. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with slight fading to the spine and minimal bumping and wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and very lightly age toned pages. Folding map in lovely condition. Very Good Indeed