THE VATICAN.
- New York: Abradale Press, n.d.(circa 1969).
- folio
- velvet covered boards, original box of quarter cream leatherette with gold cloth boards and edges.
- 224, (16) pages.
Price: $250.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 47472
First edition. Front hinge of the clamshell box is starting, else a fine copy in fine case.
An illustrated history of The Vatican, focusing primarily on St. Peter's Basilica. Lavishly illustrated with over one hundred plates, many full color double pages, bound to open flat. Information on books and manuscripts and the library. Conceived and executed by Maîtres-Imprimeurs Draeger Frères at Montrouge, France; all photography newly made for this publication. Text set in 36-point Baskerville, made by Fonderies Deberny and Peignot after the original punches of John Baskerville ( 1750.) Bound in dark red velvet with a slim cross in gold.