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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Stones of Venice, Vol. 1: The Foundations Thus much, however, it is necessary for the reader to know; that, when I planned the work, I ha… More...

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Stones of Venice, Vol. 1: The Foundations Thus much, however, it is necessary for the reader to know; that, when I planned the work, I had materials by me, col' lected at different times of sojourn in Venice during the last seventeen years, which it seemed to me might be arranged with. Little diflculty, and which I believe tabs of value as illustrating the history of Southern Gothic Requiring, how: evci, some clearer assurance respecting certain points. Of chronology, I went to Venice finally 1n the autumn of 1849, not doubting but that the dates of the principal edifices of the ancient' city were either ascertained, or ascertainable with out extraordinary research. To my consternation, I found that the Venetian antiquaries were not agreed within a cen tury as to the date of the building of the facades of the Ducal Palace, and that nothing was known of any other civil edifice of the early city, except that at some time or other it had been fitted up for somebody 8 reception, and been thereupon fresh painted. Every date in question was determinable only by internal evidence, and it became necessary for me to examine not only every one of the older palaces, stone by stone, but. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Architecture<

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Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2017, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: The Stones of Venice, Vol. 1, Titelzusatz: The Foundations (Classic Reprint), Autor: Ruskin, John, Verlag: Forgotten… More...

Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2017, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: The Stones of Venice, Vol. 1, Titelzusatz: The Foundations (Classic Reprint), Autor: Ruskin, John, Verlag: Forgotten Books, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: ARCHITECTURE // General, Rubrik: Architektur, Seiten: 468, Informationen: 78:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Cloth w/Jacket on White w/Gloss Lam, Gewicht: 777 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Belletristik<

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