The Story of Verona (Mediaeval Towns)

xvi, 314 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt decor and titles. Includes two fold-out maps, engraved plan reproduced from a 1535 engraving, and dozens of plates. CONTENTS: Origin and Growth of the City; Verona Under the Romans; Goths and Lombards in Verona; The Adige; The Arena; The Middle Ages--Ezzelino da Romano; The Scaligers; From the Fall of the Scaligers to the Present Day; Men of Letters--School of Printing; The Duomo; S. Giovanni in Fonte; Biblioteca Capitolare; Vescovado; St. Anastasia; Piazza delle Erbe; Piazza dei Signori; Sta. Maria Antica; Tombs of the Scaligers; Via Cappello; San Fermo; Museo Civico and Picture Gallery; S. Paolo di Campo Marte; SS. Nazzaro e Celso; The Grotto di S. Nazzaro; St. Thomas of Canterbury; Giardino Giusti; Sta. Maria in Organo; S. Giovanni in Valle; Teatro Antico; SS. Siro e Libera; Castle of Theodoric; S. Stefano; S. Giorgio in Braida; Sant' Eufemia; Porta dei Borsari; S.S. Apostoli; S. Lorenzo; S. Bernardino; Sta. Trinita; Tomb of Romeo and Juliet; Ponte Rofiolo; Piazza Bra; San Zeno; Verona and its Crown of Castles; Plan for Seeing the Town--Hotels.