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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full white boards, black lettering on spine and cover, with photographs on cover. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the historic flood of Florence and its aftermath. Entirely in Italian. NB: The 1966 flood of the Arno (Italian: Alluvione di Firenze del 4 novembre 1966) in Florence killed 35 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. It is considered the worst flood in the city's history since 1557. With the combined effort of Italian and foreign volunteers alike, or angeli del fango ("Mud Angels"), many of these fine works have been restored. New methods in conservation were devised and restoration laboratories established. However, even decades later, much work remains to be done. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. FINE. Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated pages. Illustrated by Giorgio Lotti (illustrator).…

folio. [pp. 4]. 12 loosely laid b/w photogravure plates. wrs folio with images & text loosely laid in (small stain in upper right corner of wrapper with some minor shelf wear to edges & pen markings on upper left cover of text insert). First Edition limited to 1000 copies, this copy out of series.