FMR: Stati della Chiesa (4 volumi)

Stati Pontifici I. Città Apostolica di Roma (1700-1870) The last two centuries of papal Rome, capital of a universal religion and the worst State administration in the world, characterised by the most obtuse bigotry and the most blatant corruption, where only churchmen made laws, ruled the provinces, managed education and commanded the police. The intrigues of cardinals and ambassadors of the great powers, the magnificence of the ceremonies on the majestic stage of the Eternal City, a destination for visitors from every part of Europe, the mocking and desperately poor rabble and the final pomp of the black nobility. “ A magnificent theatre with terrible actors” was Metternich’s caustic judgement.

Title:	Stati Pontifici I. Città Apostolica di Roma (1700-1870)

Pages:	127

Tables:	27 tavole applicate a mano, 4 incisioni

Author:	C. de Brosses, C. Duclos, G. Gorani, C. Botta, Stendhal, C. Dickens, A. Chigi

Edition:	Italian

Translation:	From contemporary texts or by Gianni Guadalupi

Year:	1995

Edited by:	Gianni Guadalupi

Other Authors:	Alberto Caracciolo

Dimensions: (cm)	17x26,5

Rilegato:	Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case

Photos by:	Archivio Scala, Finarte, Saporetti

Collazione:	2 pb, 10 pnn, 284 pn, 4 pnn

Iconographia:	Portraits of popes, views of Rome and prints of folk costume

Paper:	Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia

Printer:	ColorBlack

Stati Pontifici II. Patrimonio di San Pietro. Campagna e Sabina (1700-1870) The beauty of the hills and the desolate solitude of the Roman countryside, a malaria-infested territory populated by brutalised, emaciated, feverish shepherds who lived in straw huts or among the ruins of the majestic tombs of classical antiquity. The kingdom of inactivity and obscurantism that the efforts of a few illuminated minds tried in vain to stir, by improving the port of Civitavecchia and reclaiming the Pontine marshes.

Title:	Stati Pontifici II. Patrimonio di San Pietro. Campagna e Sabina (1700-1870)

Pages:	127

Tables:	25 tavole applicate a mano, 2 incisioni e 2 cartine geografiche

Author:	Montesquieu, Cacherano di Bricherasio, G. Gorani, Seume, Gregorovius, Taine

Edition:	Italian

Translation:	Original translation of contemporary texts or by Gianni Guadalupi

Year:	1995

Edited by:	Gianni Guadalupi

Other Authors:	Alberto Caracciolo and Grazia Pagnotta

Dimensions: (cm)	17x26,5

Rilegato:	Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case

Photos by:	Saporetti, Finarte

Collazione:	2 pb, 10 pnn, 244 pn, 2 pnn, 2 pb

Iconographia:	Pictorial views of villages in the Roman countryside and prints of uniforms

Paper:	Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia

Printer:	ColorBlack

Stati Pontifici III. Umbria e Marche (1700-1860) The mountainous and wooded heart of the Papal State, with no roads and neglected by centuries of carelessness and bad administration, refuge of wolves and bandits; the prosperous port of Ancona, with its merchant middle class and its Jews; Loreto, with its Holy House, rich destination of pilgrims. The two most contrasting parts of the Papal State, secret Umbria and the lively Marche.

Title:	Stati Pontifici III. Umbria e Marche (1700-1860)

Pages:	127

Tables:	21 tavole applicate a mano, 3 cartine geografiche

Author:	B.G. Zenobi, Montesquieu, C. de Brosses, J.W. von Goethe, G. Gorani

Edition:	Italian

Translation:	Original translation of contemporary texts or by Gianni Guadalupi

Year:	1995

Edited by:	Gianni Guadalupi

Other Authors:	Fiorella Bartoccini

Dimensions: (cm)	17x26,5

Rilegato:	Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case

Photos by:	Saporetti, A. De Luca, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana

Collazione:	2 pb, 10 pnn, 200 pn, 4 pnn

Iconographia:	Pictorial views of some villages, prints of uniforms and folk costumes

Paper:	Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia

Printer:	ColorBlack

Stati Pontifici IV. Legazioni di Bologna, Ferrara e Romagna (1700-1860) The most prosperous part of the papal States, with fat and learned Bologna, intolerant of bad papal government and ready for any conspiracy, deserted Ferrara, sleepy and melancholy, turbulent Romagna with its murderous Carbonari. The repression of the cardinal legates and the sunset of papal power.

Title:	Stati Pontifici IV. Legazioni di Bologna, Ferrara e Romagna (1700-1860)

Pages:	127

Tables:	21 tavole applicate a mano, 4 incisioni

Author:	J.-B Labat, C. de Brosses, J. Moore, G. Gorani, J.F. Cooper, A. Chigi

Edition:	Italian

Translation:	Original translation of contemporary texts or by Gianni Guadalupi

Year:	1995

Edited by:	Gianni Guadalupi

Other Authors:	Angela De Benedictis

Dimensions: (cm)	17x26,5

Rilegato:	Black "Orient" silk with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case

Photos by:	Saporetti, Collezioni d’Arte della Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna

Collazione:	2 pb, 10 pnn, 256 pn, 4 pnn

Iconographia:	Pictorial views of Bologna and other towns, portraits of popes and uniforms

Paper:	Hand-made, "velata avorio", manufactured by Cartiere Magnani in Pescia

Printer:	ColorBlack