Wonders of Italy: The Monuments of Antiquity, The Churches, The Palaces, The Treasures of Art.

FATTORUSSO, Joseph.

$125.00

Item Number: 145486

Florence, Italy: Giuseppe Fattorusso, 1952.

Later printing of this handbook for students and travelers navigating the history and culture of Italy. Octavo, finely bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt onlay grid of the coats of arms of various Italian cities to the front panel, double gilt ruling to the rear panel, frontispiece of a partial view of the Palace of the Doges, generously illustrated with 3275 black and white photographs by Fratelli Alinari, Giacomo Brogi, and D. Anderson, numerous chronological and genealogical tables of various sovereign houses, and twenty-two plates in full color. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.

Joseph Fattorusso's 'Wonders of Italy' serves as a guide for aspiring tourists and students abroad in their search for notable places and works of art in the incomparable country of Italy. Even for those whom travel to "Il bel paese" is but a far away dream, this beautiful volume holds rich rewards.