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1937 · 45077 — Roma: Printed by Pizzi & Pizio for ENIT 1937. First edition. Softcover. fair to g. Folio 16 x 12 3/4". Unpaginated. 18pp. Original decorative wrappers with gold-embossed Fascist standard and lettering to front cover as well as gilt lettering to back cover. <br /> <br /> Published in 1937 by the Italian National Agency for Tourism "Visions of Imperial Rome" is filled with stunning photogravures of Rome depicting the following views: <br /> <br /> Via dell'Impero the Roman Fora and the Colosseum; Via del Circo Massimo; Via del Mare and the Theatre of Marcellus; the Colosseum and its interior; the Capitol and the Statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitol; The Quirinal and the Fountain of Castor and Pollux with a detail of the fountain; Detail of the Fountain of the Rivers by Bernini in Piazza Navona; the Trevi Fountain; The Pines at Villa Borghese; Correggio's "Danae" Borghese Gallery; the Pincio; the Pincian Gardens; "Paolina Borghese" by Canova Borghese Gallery; St. Peter's Square and Interior of St. Peter's; Bernini's Colonnades; the Fountains in St. Peter's Square; Michelangelo's "Moses" San Pietro in Vincoli; Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel; Detail of the "Incendio del Borgo" by Raphael in the Vatican.<br /> <br /> The book opens with a large photogravure of Mussolini in uniform wearing a helmet and with fasces in the background.<br /> <br /> Book block detached from wrappers. Light damp stain to lower part of front cover and the first six pages. Wrappers partly soiled / darkened along edges rubbed slightly creased with sporadic minor chipping. Wrappers in overall fair to good- interior in good- to good condition. Printed by Pizzi & Pizio for ENIT unknown