hardcover. Vatican City, Vatican Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 121 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket. Several light bumps to boards top and bottom edges.
Hardcover. Florence, Italy, Marchi & Bertolli, Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 258 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chipping and edge wear, with a few closed tears. Cover boards are significantly bowed. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains both French and Italian text, with B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is about the Divine Proportion, also known as the Golden Number, a numerical ratio that is found in the works of nature and that man must use in the construction of works of art. Few treatises on painting are as visionary. Piero Pacini inscribed this copy in Italian on the first front end page. This is a heavy book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34081
Softcover. Milano, Italy, Collezione Silvana, 1st , 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color and black & white plate illustrations. Stiff covers. Chipping to light brown wrapper over covers. The Scrovegni Chapel, also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. Record # 801812
Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book is about the cuisine of Italy, and is inspired by the beauty, elegance, tastes and textures of the country itself. 125 recipes are set against the architecture and landscapes of Italy, to tie together history, culture, and cuisine. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34183