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Copyright 1902, presumed First American Edition. Hard cover 12mo, in publisher's decorated green cloth blocked in gold with skyline of St. Mark's of Venice in reverse, below which are the Lion of St. Mark's and "Venice" within a banner, within a ruled box. Spine decoration features a vignette below title with two symmetrically opposed dolphins and a trident. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, printed on laid paper. Text in English. Rubricated title pages. Tissue guarded frontispieces and numerous black and white full page photographic reproductions of the paintings and architecture of Venice. xiii, 264pp., and 257pp. includes index. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Spines lightly sunned. Some very light rubbing to front board Vol. 1. Hinges are in order, joints unworn, lacking dust jacket. Otherwise, very clean, square, tight, no shelf wear, and mildly age toned. Light offset to both title pages. Small printed owner's label to ffep.**The first volume is primarily a guide to the history, art and architecture surrounding the Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Basilica, and other landmarks of the Grand Canal. Volume II details the works at The Accademia delle Belle Arti, locus of the development of Venetian artists such as Veronese, the Bellini, Carpaccio, Tintoretto and more.**Canadian-born Author GRANT ALLEN (1848-1899) wrote a series of travel books in later life, first published under the English imprint of his nephew, Grant Richards; this is the first American edition. A prolific and well-traveled author, Allen also wrote novels, scientific books on botany and in defense of Darwin, on atheism and even a couple of early science fiction titles. Provenance: An annotated ownership card laid in of an American artist-architect. A charming travel memento of Victorian tourism: "Take your opera-glass."
Ref: ILLDB 9817
$65.00