Rome
( The PICTURE GUIDES ) FAURE, Gabriel
[The Picture Guides series].
NEAR FINE COPY
Published: Medici Society, [1926]
Stock code: 32340
Price: £32.00
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of chocolate cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.
Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.