Reggio Emilia: Guida Storico-Artistica.

Regiio Emilia, Italy Bizzocchi Editore, 1982. Paperback First Edition, (1982) unstated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities with barely discernible creases at the lower corners of the front and rear panels; the binding leans slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and Clean. No longer pristine, but still very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5 x 1 inches). 347 pages. Profusely illustrated with duotone plates, designs, drawings. Fold-out map attached to the rear inside cover. Language: English. Weight: 23.5 ounces. Paperback. Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 171,944 inhabitants and is the main comune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia. The inhabitants of Reggio nell'Emilia are called Reggiani. The old town has a hexagonal form, which derives from the ancient walls, and the main buildings are from the 16th–17th centuries. The commune's territory lies entirely on a plain, crossed by the Crostolo stream. Reggio began as a historical site with the construction by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus of the Via Aemilia, leading from Piacenza to Rimini in 187 BC. Reggio became a judicial administration centre, with a forum called at first Regium Lepidi, then simply Regium, whence the city's current name. Apollinaris of Ravenna brought Christianity in the 1st century CE. The sources confirm the presence of a bishopric in Reggio after the Edict of Milan in 313. In 440 the Reggio diocese was placed under the jurisdiction of Ravenna by Western Roman Emperor Valentinianus III. Reggio became a free commune around the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century.