I TABACCHI GREGGI ITALIANI [Italian Raw Tobacco], by Umberto Rossi.

MILANO [Milan, Italy]: Istituto Grafico Vanzetti e Vanoletti, 1937 - XV [15th Year of the Fascist Era].

Softcovers, French folds, 4to 9x11.5 inches (22.5x29.5cm), 132 pages + 44 color plates of Italian Tobacco Plants and their Dried Leaves, plus a map of Italy showing the tobacco growing regions. The plates are protected with tissue guards. Who knew that Italy grew so many varieties of tobacco during the Mussolini fascist years?

GOOD MINUS condition, the covers are worn, especially around the bottom of the spine, lesser so at the edges and top of the spine; the rear inner hinge is cracked and worn but holding; there is a crease to the upper corner of the text block that creases the upper corner of all pages; the tissue guards are toned and have foxing as is normal, one is torn; there are some previous owner's relevant pencil notes here and there; otherwise tight, bright and clean.

A used but complete copy with all its plates depicting the amazing variety of tobacco produced in Italy under Mussolini.