Lot N. 324
Benito Mussolini - I Discorsi della Rivoluzione
Historically and Politically Significant Copy of Fascist Bibliography
This volume was published during the early years of the regime and collects the programmatic speeches accompanying the rise to power of the National Fascist Party.
Author: Benito Mussolini
Title: I Discorsi della Rivoluzione
Edition Features: Second edition, supplemented with Mussolini’s first speech as Prime Minister.
Preface: By Italo Balbo
Typographical Data: Milan, Casa Editrice “Imperia” of the National Fascist Party (Via Pietro Verri 12)
Iconographic Apparatus:
Frontispiece features a photographic portrait of Mussolini in a reflective pose, with facsimile autograph at the base.
Title page bears the publisher’s logo with the fascio littorio and the motto “Alta Alatis.”
Technical Details:
Binding: Fine contemporary full brown leather (or high-quality imitation leather) with pronounced grain; spine with four raised bands, gilt titles and decorations within compartments.
Condition: Excellent overall. The binding is solid, spine gilt remains bright and legible. Interior pages are clean, with paper in good condition.
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