The dogaressas of Venice (the wives of the doges)

(as Cleopatra with Venetian Zilve).

PARIS BORDONE.]

THE DOGARESSAS OF VENICE

(_THE WIVES OF THE DOGES_)

BY EDGCUMBE STALEY AUTHOR OF “THE TRAGEDIES OF THE MEDICI” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER

FINETTA STALEY

PREFACE

The Story of the Dogaressas of Venice,--the Wives of the Doges,--has ...