CONTENTS
[ INTRODUCTION: ]
[ MARGERY ]
[ BOOK 1. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ]
[ CHAPTER II. ]
[ CHAPTER III. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. ]
[ CHAPTER V. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. ]
[ CHAPTER X. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]
[ BOOK 2. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ]
[ CHAPTER II. ]
[ CHAPTER III. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. ]
[ CHAPTER V. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. ]
[ CHAPTER X. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. ]
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INTRODUCTION:
“PIETRO GIUSTINIANI, merchant, of Venice.” This was the signature affixed to his receipt by the little antiquary in the city of St. Mark, from whom I purchased a few stitched sheets of manuscript. What a name and title!
As I remarked on the splendor of his ancestry he slapped his pocket, and exclaimed, half in pride and half in lamentation: