"A Traveller in Venice: And In Cities of North-East Italy" 1951 PATMORE, Derek
$150
PATMORE, Derek
[183] pp.
Methuen & Co., Ltd.
1951
8 3/4" x 5 3/4"
Jacket design by Philippe Jullian
Rome might be the seat of government, but Italy has many capitals. Venice is the country’s most international city and never more than just after World War II, when it was the locale of a series of glamorous parties, including the Beistegui Ball, which was held in the same year this book went to press. The author was the very social Derek Patmore. When not traveling, Patmore was an English decorator and journalist. Illustrated with drawings and photographs.
“The Venetian Republic was a symbol of stability to the rest of Italy, and even in the eighteenth century that skeptic Voltaire thought this admirably run state would last forever.”
--Derek Patmore