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The Eternal  City - Reminiscence of Rome 1925

A very rare book full of beautiful full page photographs (in high quality photo gravure technique)
of ancient Rome with it's wonderful statues, ruins, gardens, churches and rural areas in the 1920s.

The photographer Kurt Hielscher travelled through Italy in the 1920s and made over 4200 photos
w/ premier photo equipment; his Zeiss Ikon/Ica camera and Zeiss objectives on Agfa Chromo Isorapid and
Chromo Isolar plates and Isopan films

His book represents the best 110 photos of Rome out of 4200 from old Italy.

This precious book was not affordable by too many people at that time.
And there is no other book of that time which comes close to the printing quality of that title.

Photographs titled in English, German, French and Italian.

From the series "Orbis Terrarum" , a series of early photobooks portraying the regions of the world.

Hardcover
116 pages, german text

- 110 sepia photos in rotogravure printing
- 4 pages introduction and index of photographs

- Gilt lettering and decoration

In good exterior and very good interior condition.
Boards faded and lightly stained, otherwise ok with minor traces of use and age.

All pages are complete and tight in the binding.

Approx/Measurements: 12-1/4" x 9-3/4"  ~2.1 lbs.

This item is NOT a facsimlie or a reprint, it is a real authentic, historical item.

from Kurt Hielscher
Published by Ernst Wasmuth A.G. Berlin 1925

Table of Contents:

Apollo and Daphne (Bernini),
Apollo from Belvedere,
Arco di Giano,
Basilica of Konstantin,
Belvedere, Capitol,
Borghese Museum,
Caracalla Thermal Spring,
Temple of Castor,
Cestius Pyramid,
David (Bernini), Angel's Bridge,
Angels Castle,
Fontana d'Esculapio,
Fontana di Trevi,
Forum Romanum,
Forum Trajanum, Frascati,
Garden of the King Palace,
Candelabra Gallery,

Colosseum, Laokoo,
Lateran Museum,
Monte Pincio, Natatorium,
Niobide, Palatin,
Palace of the Septimus Severus,
Palazzo Borghese and Spada,
Palazzo Venezia, Pantheon,
St. Peter's Church,
St. Peter's Square,
Ponte di S. Bartolommeo,
Ponte Nomentano,
Ponte Quattri Capi,
Protestant Cemetery,
Rape of Proserpina (Bernini),
The Turtle Fountain,
Senate Palace,
S. Giorgio in Velabro,

S. Giovanni in Laterano,
S. Pietro in Montorio,
The Paltine: Part of Stadium
The Spanish Steps,
Vatican: The Statue Gallery
Tivoli - Temple of the Sybil
Thermae Museum, Tiber Islan,
Triumphal Arch of Titus,
Trajan's Column,
Triumphal Arch of Constantine,
Vatican Garden,
Atrium Vestae,
Temples of Vesta and Castor,
Via Appia, Tivoli - Villa Adriana,
Villa Colonna, Villa Doria Pamphili,
Villa d'este, Villa Falconieri,
Villa Umberto









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