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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. First Edition. Official Publication authorized by the Vatican Museums. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped Papal medallion on cover, gray endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 272 illustrations, including 161 color plates. Includes Message by Pope John Paul II and a foreword by Philippe de Montebello, James N. Wood and Ian McKibbin White; a map of Vatican City, a complete list of pontiffs and extensive bibliographies. This volume was published to accompany a major exhibition held in New York, San Francisco and Chicago from February 1983 to February 1984. The chapters include: Map of Vatican City State; The Vatican Museums; Old Saint Peter's; The Fabbrica of Saint Peter's; The Apostolic Palaces; The Belvedere; The Treasury of Saint Peter's; New Saint Peter's and Baroque Rome; The Library Museums; Museo Pio-Clementino; Pinacoteca; Museo Gregoriano Egizio; Museo Gregoriano Etrusco; The Collections of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the 19th and 20th Centuries; Museo Pio Cristiano; Pontificio Museo Missionario-Etnologico; and Collezione D'Arte Religiosa Moderna. This is an excellent copy with a former owner's name neatly stamped on the ffep, else as new. The dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear at the head of the spine, else as new. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply, particularly for expedited or international shipment. FINE/FINE. Color Plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 255, (1) pages.…