Statistica Generale delle Regia Città e Provincia di Milano

by Giovanni Salari

$3,850 · Offered by Martayan Lan

A highly unusual format to display statistical information, this extremely rare, gigantic chart, measuring 5 ft by nearly 5ft., distills in 6 densely printed, assembled letter press folia, an encyclopedic survey of Milan and Lombardy (c. 1839-40). The categories, sub-categories, and sub-sub categories number around 2000 (!), all contained within..... More

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