Le Rive del Danubio (1885)

This publication, “Le Rive del Danubio”, is a late 19th-century odeporic and geopolitical study, part of the series “Sguardo all’Oriente” (Volume/Section VIII). The text belongs to the genre of travel literature combined with political analysis, reflecting European interest in the “Eastern Question” and the Danubian territories during the 1880s.

Publication Details:

Place: Rome

Year: 1885

Printer: Tipografia di M. Armanni

Physical Description:

Binding: Original publisher’s wrappers in brown-orange paper

Frontispiece: Elegantly arranged title in diagonal layout with a decorative typographic border at the top-left corner

Marks: Author or editor initials “P. V. V.” centered on the cover

Condition:

Shows age-consistent signs: slight browning of paper

Margins intact, preserving the original integrity

Significance:

A niche work valuable for scholars of 19th-century international relations, especially regarding the Balkans and Danubian regions

Of interest to collectors of rare Roman publications from the late 19th century.