x, 214pp (includes index of name), thirteen black and white photographic plates. Green cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Sunning to boards where there is jacket loss. Lightly bumped spine ends. Slightly cocked. Endpapers just tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, some loss, chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. In the second book of the series Signor Vare turns his attention to Venice with pictures of social and political life covering many generations.