Hardcover with dust jacket by Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino. Published by Editori Laterza. An iconic text, showing period images of works by the most important designers in Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Works by the following architects are included in this essential text, for those researching 20th century Italian design: Franco Albini, Anzani & Co, Arflex, Azucena, BBPR, Melchiorre Bega, Vittorio Bonacina, Borsani, Paolo Buffa, Michele e Andrea Busiri Vici, Campo & Graffi, Cassina, Castelli, Cavatorta, Colli, Raffaela Crespi, Dassi, Carlo de Carli, Elam, Piero Fornasetti, Gabetti & Isola, Iganzio Gardella, Eugenio Gerli, Vittorio Gregotti, Attilio Lapadula, Gino Levi Montalcini, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Roberto Mango, Roberto Menghi, Carlo Mollino, Ico & Luisa Parisi, Poggi, Gio Ponti, Quarti, Carlo Ratti, Rima, Mario Federico Roggero, Luigi Scremin, Ettore Sottsas, Guglielmo Ulrich, Vittoriano Vigano, and Marco Zanuso. First edition, 1992. Near fine (FN). Small tear in dust jacket, some rubbing. There is a stamp inside the first interior page which says this book is not subject to the VAT tax. ISBN 88-420-4088-6.

$450 USD