Relazioni storiche fra l’Italia e il Portogallo.

Rome, Reale Accademia d'Italia, 1940.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. , original printed wrappers (light foxing and soiling to covers; lightly chewed at foot of spine; front wrapper slightly chewed at foot of spine; wrappers slightly detached from text block at head). Very light foxing at outer edges (does not affect text). Internally very good, plates in fine condition. Overall in good condition. (1 l.), [v]-vii, 560 pp., 1 l. illustrations, 2 color plates of Eneolithic pottery, maps (10 unpaginated, folded [1 folded map colored in sienna, black and white]), facsimiles, photographic reproductions, architectural plans. 2 maps colored in sienna, black, and white (pp. 275 and 295). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Profusely illustrated with facsimiles, photographic reproductions, and maps. The editor provides an introduction. The impressive chapter on the Italo-Portuguese Collaboration on World Geographical Exploration and Nautical Cartography by Guido Po includes 10 fold-out maps, additional maps in text, and other facsimile documents. There are extensive essays on Camões by Arturo Farinelli; St. Anthony by Leone Bracaloni; Pope John XXI by Giovanni Vitale; Domenico Vandelli by Biagio Longo; Portugal and Ethiopia by C. Conti Rossini; The Portuguese, Pope Paul III and the spread of Christianity in India and the Far East by Pietro Tacchi Venturi; the influence of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque on Portuguese art by Giuseppe Fiocco; and much more. Includes bibliographical references.***