Florence : the days of the flood. [Firenze i giorni del diluvio. English] [How the people of Florence fought back; A ton of mud for every inhabitant; The night of November 3rd-4th; Dawn; Fight; Cut off; The longest night; The escapers; First light; The cross and the hammer and sickle; Sixth day; A city which belongs to all the world; Our gratitude; Fahrenheit 451; Damage done to the city's art treasures; The months to come; What are the facts behind the flood?; A computer could save Florence; Powerless for days; Why no warning?; No one realized; Why the goldsmiths?; The heavens opened; Suppose it happened again? ; The best solution : Move Florence; The neglect of the forests; Inquiry & responsibility; Dams; Conclusions; A menace]

Nencini, Franco. ; preface by Enrico Mattei ; photos, Sandy Altner, Raffaello Bencini, Pier Luigi Brunetti, Veniero de Giorgi, Pier Paolo Donati,Mario Loverigne, Nicola Rubino, Don Stefani, Gianni Tortoli, Asuncion Vacas ; excerpts from texts of Giovanni Villani, Marchione di Coppo Stefani, Giovanni Batista Adriani, Bernardo Segni, Morozzi, Baldinucci, Scipione Ammirato, Guiseppe Aiazzi

Published by [New York] : Stein and Day; [Printed and bound by the Officine Fratelli Stianti Sancasciano Val di Pesa], 1967, 1967

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133 p. illus. 27 cm. ; LCCN: 67-23533 ; LC: DG738.7; Dewey: 945/.51 ; OCLC: 2005210 ; Translation of Firenze i giorni del diluvio. ; pictorial white and black cloth, in like pictorial dustjacket ; Photojournalistic report on the background, sequence of events and aftermath of the flood that resulted when the Arno River overflowed on November 3-4, 1966. ; Contents : How the people of Florence fought back -- A ton of mud for every inhabitant -- The night of November 3rd-4th -- Dawn -- The fight -- Cut off -- The longest night -- The escapers -- First light -- THe cross and the hammer and sickle -- The sixth day -- A city which belongs to all the world -- Our gratitude -- Fahrenheit 451 -- Damage done to the city's art treasures -- The months to come -- What are the facts behind the flood? -- A computer could save Florence -- Powerless for days -- Why no warning? -- No one realized -- Why the goldsmiths? -- The heavens opened -- Suppose it happened again? -- The best solution : Move Florence -- The neglect of the forests -- Inquiry and responsibility -- The dams -- Conclusions -- A menace that has existed for seven hundred years -- Devastation once in a century -- The old chronicles -- The Chronicles of Giovanni Villani -- History of Florence by Marchione di Coppo Stefani -- The flood of August 1547 -- Story of his times by Giovanni Batista Adriani -- History of Florence by Bernardo Segni -- Morozzi : Of the ancient and modern condition of the river Arno -- Baldinucci : Of the life of Bartolommeo Ammannati -- Scipione Ammirato to Don Virginio Orsino Duca di Bracciano -- Guiseppe Aiazzi : Report upon the flooding of the river Arno 3rd November 1844 ; foxing ; else VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 006443

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Title: Florence : the days of the flood. [Firenze i...

Publisher: [New York] : Stein and Day; [Printed and bound by the Officine Fratelli Stianti Sancasciano Val di Pesa], 1967

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Book Type: Book