Text in Italian. First edition, first impression. 248pp, profusely illustrated in black and white. Grey, flecked, cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. Green endpapers. 4to. Cloth is a little rubbed and worn, very gently pushed at corners and spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original tatty but complete dust wrapper, chapped and rubbed at edges, with interior tape repairs, shelf worn.