Author: (Perino & Monti).
Title: L'Esercito italiano illustrato. [The Illustrated Italian Army].
Description: Roma, E. Perino & L. Monti, N.d. Hardcover. Octavo. Comprising of a leporello of 12 panels with a total of 24 chromolithograph plates of uniformed officers and soldiers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth and boards, both sides richly lettered and decorated in gilt, back cover with large armorial emblem, spine partly split. In good condition, fine leporello of plates. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity. No single institutional holding could be located. The wonderful plates are 11.5x15 cm in size, chromolithographed on thick, glossy paper, with each image captioned at bootom. E-5 IN .

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