St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who StillWell, they are famous, first, in memorial of something which is better worth remembering than the fire of London, or the achievements of the great Napoleon. And they are famous, or used to be, among artists, because they are beauti ful columns nay, as far as we old artists know, the most beautiful columns at present extant and erect in the conveniently visitable world.Each of these causes of their fame I will try in some dim degree to set before you.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.