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Corni, Guido

Italian Somalia, 1937

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Milan, Editoriale Arte e Storia, 1937. In 8°. 2 volumes. With numerous reproductions of photographs, paintings, maps, woodcuts, editorial bindings in burgundy cloth, on the front covers the coat of arms of Italian Somaliland in gold and triple blind frames, on the spines gold titles and fillets, red upper edges, minor defects.


Specialist Notes

Guido Corni, explorer, naturalist, and cartographer, served as governor of Italian Somaliland from the summer of 1928 to the summer of 1931. The first volume, the result of the collaboration of several scholars, examines the natural landscape, ethnic group, and history of Somalia, from ancient trade connections to twentieth-century discoveries. The second volume focuses on the work carried out in Somali territory. Copy no. 2108.

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