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Return to the City of Lilies

ODAY, alas, I am not in Florence, where the preview of the 32nd iteration of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze will have its first preview tomorrow and run until October 2. On re-reading my past reports, I know how much I would probably have enjoyed this one. Florence is very lovely at this time of year and, as I have noted before, the 17th-century Palazzo Corsini () overlooking the Arno, once home to Lorenzo Corsini, who was elected Pope as Clement XII in 1730, is one of the loveliest places to host an antiques fair and the stylish stands are worthy of

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