Important Historical Architectural Photo Album in Deluxe Presentation Binding) Costruzione Del Ponte Monumentale "Umberto I" in Torino
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- Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Torino (Turin, Italy) 1903-1907: Impresa Allegri & Co., 1907. Collection of 29 original photographs, ( two - 8 3/4" x 6" and 27- 6 1/4" x 4 1/2") applied on 15 thick card leaves, titles written in white ink directly under photos, one blank leaf each front and back. The photographs detailing the construction of the Umberto I Bridge over the Po River at Turin, 1903-1907 ( the bridge was completed with the addition of the statue groups by Rubino and Reduzzi in 1911). Bound in oblong leather folio, 13" h x 16 1/2" w, with presentation in gilt front cover -"Al Marchese Francesco Medici Deputato al Parlamento" - followed by title and publisher in gilt. front cover with gilt decorations, ornate 1" wide gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Very Good Minus, missing 2/3 of the leather at spine, boards rubbed, soiling and staining to end pages, the leaves darkened at edges, the photographs all in Very Good condition with some rubbing. Designed by the Florentine architects Vincenzo Micheli and Enrico Ristori to replace the suspended metal bridge named after Maria Teresa and constructed over the period 1903-1907. The bridge was dedicated 26 May 1907. This copy with 29 photographs comparable to that held by the library of the Polytechnic of Turin, there was also a like-bound version with only 15 photographs. Francesco Medici (1847-1911) was an Italian politician and engineer who played a prominent role in the construction of this bridge. F. CORRADINI, 1907; C. FIORIO, 1907; M. LEVA PISTOI, 1969. pp. 185-186; M. MAFFIOLI, 1978, pp. 32 ff Table: 49-50 . Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. Oblong Folio. Presentation Copy.
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- Librería
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009965
- Título
- Important Historical Architectural Photo Album in Deluxe Presentation Binding) Costruzione Del Ponte Monumentale "Umberto I" in Torino
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Minus
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Editorial
- Impresa Allegri & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- Torino (Turin, Italy) 1903-1907
- Fecha de publicación
- 1907
- Tamaño
- Oblong Folio
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- World History; Architecture; Photographs;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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