L'Architettura Arabo-Normanna E Il Rinascimento In Sicilia. Prefazione di Corrado Ricci
Milano (Milan): Casa Editrice d, (1914). First Edition. Plates within Cloth Portfolio. Folio. Pp. xii, 30, [2]. Gravure title page and preface leaf. Italian text. With 120 gravure plates, many with multiple images. Text illustrations. In the publisher's decorative cloth portfolio, lettered and stamped in gilt. Slight chipping at fore-margin of the first few text leaves. Old library label at spine tail and bookplate verso front cover. Else, a fine set of plates housed in a presentable, very slightly soiled portfolio. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #5588
First edition of the finely illustrated survey of Arab-Norman architecture in Palermo, Monreale, Taormina, and a dozen other locations throughout Sicily. A general introduction is followed by a 30-page text section, with illustrations, providing detailed descriptions of the plates. In addition to exterior views, interior design and woodwork are presented. With index of plate locations. A monumental census.
Price: $750.00