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It was to him alone, as both judge and patron, that Blondus could dedicate his 'Roma Triumphans, the first great attempt at a complete exposition of Roman antiquity. Nor was the enthusiasm for the classical past of Italy confined at this period to the capital.
If we follow that up only in the references given above, we shall find our book list for Venice, just as it comes, in no order but that of accident, is: St. Real, Relation des Espagnols contre Venise. Otway's Venice Preserved. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Howells's Venetian Life. Blondus. De Origine Venetorum. Muratori's Annals. Ruskin's Stones of Venice. D'Israeli's Contarini Fleming.
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