Ducato di Milano (1706-1796) Lombardy in the Age of Enlightenment, improved by the reforming initiatives of the Hapsburg-Lorraine emperors, from Marie Therese to Joseph II, who encouraged its civil, economic and cultural re-birth. The Austrian Milan of the Verri brothers, of Parini and Beccaria, the conquest of Eugene of Savoy and the arrival of the French forces of the young general Bonaparte, who proclaimed the Cisalpine Republic.

Title: Ducato di Milano (1706-1796) Pages: 127 Tables: 27 tavole applicate a mano, 3 cartine geografiche Author: G. Gorani, C. de Brosses, G. Biffi, P. Verri, C. Botta Edition: Italian Translation: Original translations of contemporary texts and by Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1995 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Carlo Capra Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Saporetti, U. Torromacco, Ospedale Maggiore Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 284 pn, 2 pnn, 2 pb Iconographia: Pictorial views and prints of Milan and its surroundings, portraits and coats of arms Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack

Ducato di Modena e Reggio (1700-1860) The Duchy of Modena was a little state situated between the Apennines, reaching from the Po to the Tyrrhenian, onto which it faces with a scrap of beach at Massa. It barely scraped by in the eighteenth century under the paternal and inattentive government of the last of the Estense family. In the nineteenth century, under Frances IV of Este, it became the most reactionary state in Europe, in which Dante and matches were banned and with a duke who horrified the Tsar by asking permission to send his rebellious subjects to Siberia

Title: Ducato di Modena e Reggio (1700-1860) Pages: 127 Tables: 32 tavole applicate, 3 cartine geografiche Author: Montesquieu, C. de Brosses, E. Gibbon, L. Ricci, G. Gorani, C. Galvani Edition: Italian Translation: Original translation of contemporary texts and by Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1994 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Carlo Capria Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Archivio Scala, Roncaglia (Modena), Saporetti Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 282 pn, 4 pnn, 2 pb Iconographia: Portraits of various Dukes and Duchesses of the House of Este and views of the ducal palaces Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack

Ducato di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla (1731-1860) Once the Farnese disappeared, Parma was inherited by the Bourbons of Spain and under Duke Philip, to the credit of the genial minister Du Tillot, it became so well governed and cultured that it was called "the Athens of Italy”. After the fall of the Napoleonic empire, it was doubly blessed by the indulgent government of Marie Louise of Austria, still remembered today as the Good Duchess and by her morganatic second husband the Count of Neipperg. It later returned to the Bourbons, the last of whom, the bizarre and sensual genius Charles III, was assassinated in the public square.

Title: Ducato di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla (1731-1860) Pages: 127 Tables: 31 tavole applicate a mano, 3 cartine geografiche Author: L.A. Muratori, C. Pigorini-Beri, J. Fenimore Cooper, G. Gorani Edition: Italian Translation: Original translations of contemporary texts and by Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1996 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Marco Meriggi Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Saporetti, Museo Glauco Lombardi, Gall. Nazionale, Giovanni Ricci Novara Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 282 pn, 2 pnn Iconographia: Portraits of the Dukes of Parma, views of the city, uniforms and coats of arms Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack

Regno Italico (1806-1814) The short-lived Italian kingdom of Napoleon, governed by his stepson, Eugène de Beauharnais, extended from Sesia to Istria and from Bolzano to Ancona. Here are the court ceremonies, including the spectacular coronation of Napoleon with the Iron Crown, narrated by a malicious eye-witness, the building of the State on the ruins of the Ancien Régime, the development of society and economy, the rise of the bourgeoisie and the new military nobility and the final catastrophe with the terrifying lynching of the minister Prina, hated creator of taxes.

Title: Regno Italico (1806-1814) Pages: 127 Tables: 26 tavole applicate a mano, 3 incisioni e 1 cartina geografica Author: L. Mantovani, C. Ferrari, B. Bertolini, C. Botta, C. Porta Edition: Italian Translation: Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1997 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Carlo Capra Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Saporetti, Scarioni Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 278 pn, 4 pnn, 2 pb Iconographia: Pictorial views, portraits and uniforms Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack

Regno Lombardo-Veneto I. Delegazioni lombarde (1815-1859) Held in a velvet glove by Metternich and in an iron fist by Radetzky, the Lombardo-Veneto Kingdom, creation of the Vienna Congress, was the last attempt of an international idea that would finally fall under the blows of growing nationalism. This volume tells of the Lombardy of the first half of the 19th century and is told above all from the Austrian side, in the reports of viceroys, marshals, functionaries and officials, amazed by the unexplainable Italian revolt against their excellent administration.

Title: Regno Lombardo-Veneto I. Delegazioni lombarde (1815-1859) Pages: 127 Tables: 23 tavole applicate a mano, 3 incisioni Author: J.L.F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, K. von Metternich, G. Visconti-Venosta Edition: Italian Translation: Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1996 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Franco Della Peruta Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Scarioni, Saporetti, Candelari, Archivio Scala Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 270 pn, 2 pnn, 4 pb Iconographia: Pictorial views of Milan and Lombardy and portraits of the Hapsburgs Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack

Regno Lombardo-Veneto II. Delegazioni Venete (1815-1866) Venice, maritime pearl of the Austrian empire and military port of its fleets, destination of romantic visitors in search of the hypnotic suggestion of its lagoons and of archdukes convinced that costume balls and sumptuous aquatic processions would win the love of their subjects. The transitory re-birth of the Republic, the epic siege of 1849 and the long twilight of Hapsburg power in Italy.

Title: Regno Lombardo-Veneto II. Delegazioni Venete (1815-1866) Pages: 127 Tables: 21 tavole applicate a mano, 5 incisioni Author: J. Fenimore Cooper, G. Sand, C. Dickens, N. Tommaseo, M. d’Asburgo Edition: Italian Translation: Gianni Guadalupi Year: 1995 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Other Authors: Franco Della Peruta Dimensions: (cm) 17x26,5 Rilegato: Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case Photos by: Saporetti, Scarioni, Semenzato, Kunsthistoriches Collazione: 2 pb, 10 pnn, 270 pn, 2 pnn, 4 pb Iconographia: Pictorial views of Venice and Verona and military uniforms of the era Paper: Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia Printer: ColorBlack