. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. ARQUA. THE HOTi. OF PETRARCH. ROVIGO, ARQUA, AND BATTAGLIA 583 The entrance hall runs through to the rear wall,in which opens another doorway, between two win-dows. Roundabout stand two tables, a desk and twochairs of the trecento, heavily framed and carved allover with curious scrolls, — recently brought here toexemplify the furniture of Petrarchs day. In a cen-tral, modern, glass case repose the visitors books bear-ing illustrious signatures, amongst which I saw those ofByron, Queen Margherita, King Umberto, etc.; alsoa photographic reprodu
. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. ARQUA. THE HOTi. OF PETRARCH. ROVIGO, ARQUA, AND BATTAGLIA 583 The entrance hall runs through to the rear wall,in which opens another doorway, between two win-dows. Roundabout stand two tables, a desk and twochairs of the trecento, heavily framed and carved allover with curious scrolls, — recently brought here toexemplify the furniture of Petrarchs day. In a cen-tral, modern, glass case repose the visitors books bear-ing illustrious signatures, amongst which I saw those ofByron, Queen Margherita, King Umberto, etc.; alsoa photographic reproduction of a page of Petrarchsoriginal manuscript in the Vatican, and a fine copyof the first printed edition of his works, from the pressof Aldo Manutio at Venice. The back room on the right was the poets bed-chamber, now unfurnished; here there were similarcinquecento frescoes, illustrating the canzoni onLauras death. Adjacent in front was the kitchen,with the handsome chimney-piece of soft creamy stone(from the neighborhood), under which the poets mealswere coo
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