Autori Vari" (AA.VV. - Torino e l'Esposizione Italiana del 1884 - 1884

Full title: Turin and the Italian Exhibition of 1884 - Illustrated Chronicle Publishers: Roux and Favale & Fratelli Treves (Turin - Milan) Year: 1884 (Original edition of the period) Format: Large-format volume with elegant half-red leather binding, beveled boards, and refined gilded ornaments/titles impressed on the spine. Splendid and prestigious antique volume, an exceptional historical testimony of the great National-Industrial and Artistic Exhibition of Turin in 1884. The work collects illustrated chronicles of the event printed directly in the pavilions, enriched by hundreds of detailed full-page wood engravings and engravings from the period, historical portraits (including Amedeo Duke of Aosta) and fascinating late 19th-century advertising inserts. Inside there is the rarissima and spectacular plate with the large folded panorama view of the city of Turin, beautifully preserved. Condition of the item: Excellent for a text over 140 years old. The leather binding is solid and robust, with minimal and natural signs of aging at the extremities. Internal pages stable, clean and perfectly usable. There are the classic and physiological foxing/browning of antique paper that certify its absolute period authenticity.

Estimation:€150

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