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198 §. MARK’S REST

Chapter VIII. is printed in smaller type on p. 126, and numbered § 132. The Appendix became Chapter IX. The “First Supplement” became Chapter X., and the Preface to it was printed as a footnote. The Second Supplement became Chapter XI., the Preface being printed as §§ 207-212.

Issued in green cloth boards, lettered as before. Price 5s. 2000 copies.

Third Edition (1902).-This was printed from the electrotype plates of the preceding edition, with the necessary alterations on the title-page. Issued in July 1902, and called “Ninth Thousand.”

Pocket Edition (1904).-This was printed from the electrotype plates of the issue last described, with the following new title-page:-

St. Mark’s Rest By John Ruskin London: George Allen.

Issued in August 1904, uniform with other volumes in the Pocket Edition (see Vol. XV. p. 6). 4000 copies.

ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS

An Italian translation of the “First Supplement” was printed in 1885 with the following title-page:-

La Cappella degli Schiavoni. | Tradotto dall’ Inglese | Nella Storia di Venezia | Di Giovanni Ruskin | Dal | Conte Cav. Giuseppe Pasolini Zanelli. | George Allen, | Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. | 1885.

Small post 8vo, pp. iii.+50. Title-page, pp. i., ii.; with the following imprint on the reverse: “Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Limited, | London and Aylesbury.” Preface, p. iii.; Text, pp. 1-50. The headline to each page is “La Cappella degli Schiavoni.”

Put up in plain paper wrappers of a pale grey colour. This translation was never issued to the public; a few copies only were pulled off, and the type was then distributed.

An Italian translation of the complete work was issued in 1902, in a volume with the following title-page:-

John Ruskin. | Venezia. | II Riposo di San Marco.-La Cap- | pella degli Schiavoni.-L’Accade- | mia.-Paolo Veronese e gli Inquisi- | tori.-Sant’ Orsola.-II Tintoretto | e Michelangelo. | Traduzione e Note | di | Maria Pezzč Pascolato. | Firenze, | G. Barbčra, Editore. | 1901.

16mo, pp. xxiv.+295. Frontispiece, a half-tone reproduction of Herkomer’s portrait of Ruskin; Introduction (an account of Ruskin by the translator), pp. v.-xvii.; “Bibliografia,” pp. xix.-xxi.; author’s Preface to St. Mark’s Rest, pp. 1-4; Chapters I.-IV., pp. 5-65. Then is inserted (pp. 65-73) “Appendice I.,” being a translation of the greater part of Fors Clavigera, Letter 26 (“Crocus and Rose”), in which Ruskin tells the story of St. George. Chapters V.-XI., pp. 74-223. A translation of the Guide to ... the Academy follows, pp. 225-271 (see above, p. 144). Then “Appendice III.” (“Appendice II.” being Ruskin’s Appendix to the Guide), a translation of the legend of St. Ursula from Fors Clavigera, Letter 71,

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