Descrizione

This is a very good hardcover copy in the original publisher's half vellum binding and black cloth boards. Very clean inside (faint foxing to endpapers), and light fading to cloth. A previous owner name of a scholar on the front endpaper and a faint circular handstamp of Neapolitan bookbinder to that page. Vellum spine simply ruled and decorated in black. Text in Italian and Latin. 2 fold-out documents at end. Count Riccardo Filangieri di Candida, was a member of an old Neapolitan family, an authority on medieval and modern Italian history and art, and author of books and articles in these fields. He was the Keeper of the Royal State Archives at Naples, during the second World War. 10" high X 7" wide, 535 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.