Il Lazzaretto di Ancona: un'Opera Dimenticata
Ancona, Italy: Cassa di Risparmio di Ancona, 1978. Hardcover. xii, 319, [3] p., 4 leaves of color plates: black-and-white illustrations; 32 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Dark brown endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Text is in Italian. A study of the Lazzaretto of Ancona, a monumental 18th-century structure designed by Italian architect Luigi Vanvitelli and erected on an artificial pentagonal island in the harbor of Ancona, Italy. The authors place the design of the building within the history of the pentagon used in architecture and present the design, construction, and various uses of this structure through its history. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Very Good Condition: corners are bumped; front free endpaper is creased; slight impact on lower page corners; clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: closed 3-cm. tear from lower edge of back section; minor loss at corners; rubbed and lightly soiled; spine is slightly faded. Very Good / good +. Item #011298
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