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Charles YRIARTE. Venice. History - Art - Industry - The City - Life. Illustrated with 525 engravings, including 50 out-of-text and several in color. 3rd edition. Paris, Rothschild, 1878, in-folio bound in full illustrated publisher's percaline, gilt edges. Complete with 50 black and red out-texts for titles and faux-titres, a few brown spots. Enriched copy with 4 plates of photographic reproductions of views of Venice, taken by Paul Peyrouze, a photographer from Valence, in September 1888, signed, dated and captioned in black ink: large view of the Ducal Palace as seen from St. George's Island, the Straw Bridge and the Salute Church, the Grand Canal and the pigeons in St. Mark's Square. All views are animated.
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Charles YRIARTE. Venice. History - Art - Industry - The City - Life. Illustrated with 525 engravings, including 50 out-of-text and several in color. 3rd edition. Paris, Rothschild, 1878, in-folio bound in full illustrated publisher's percaline, gilt edges. Complete with 50 black and red out-texts for titles and faux-titres, a few brown spots. Enriched copy with 4 plates of photographic reproductions of views of Venice, taken by Paul Peyrouze, a photographer from Valence, in September 1888, signed, dated and captioned in black ink: large view of the Ducal Palace as seen from St. George's Island, the Straw Bridge and the Salute Church, the Grand Canal and the pigeons in St. Mark's Square. All views are animated.
