FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN TORINO

Primo Centenario Della Indipendenza Della Repubblica Argentina. 1810 Anno 1910. Compendio

Storico. Illustrado. Lorenzo Faleni Editore-Propietario. 

Large Folio, (48.5 cm x 32.5 cm), 390 pp., (includes Front cover, Cover, v. in bl.), Panoramic view folded; with pagination error on Page 15/16 are inverted; and numbering: jumps from 376 to 379. Back cloth binding with gilt titles.

The work was presented at the International Exhibition in Torino, and is a tribute to the Centenary of Argentine Independence -although it addresses the hundred years of the May Revolution- and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of Italy. In its pages we find an extensive text on the history of our country, copiously illustrated with photographic reproductions of engravings and pictorial works, as well as photographic views. Similarly, it includes texts on the economy of Argentina, its maritime trade and port activity.

From page 151 it advances with the presentation of different commercial firms, always edited with images, dealing with the Mercado Ciudad de Buenos Aires S.A. among them; different banks, such as Italy and Río de la Plata; and with a random mention from us: La Franco Argentina S. A., El Hogar Argentino, Molino La Genovesa, Empresa Colonizadora Río de la Plata, de Rolla, Migliore y Cía; various wine establishments, the transport firm Expreso Villalonga... When browsing its pages, different institutions and companies dedicated to cultural activity, such as theaters, photography studios and music schools, also come to the fore. From page 310 the editor included various articles on the city of Rome and its evolution over time.

Undoubtedly, a work of great documentary value for the information it gathers as well as including an enormous visual journey.