TO THAT VENERABLE MONUMENT,
JUSTLY BELOVED BY ALL WHO LOVE FLORENCE,
"THE PONTE VECCHIO,"
AND
TO THE ART AND QUARTER
GLORIFIED
BY THE WRITER OF THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A NEW EDITION THEREOF
IS HUMBLY AND AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED.
R. H. H. C.
JUSTLY BELOVED BY ALL WHO LOVE FLORENCE,
"THE PONTE VECCHIO,"
AND
TO THE ART AND QUARTER
GLORIFIED
BY THE WRITER OF THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A NEW EDITION THEREOF
IS HUMBLY AND AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED.
R. H. H. C.