La Sua Terra

1936. MASSANI, Giuseppe. La Sua Terra. [90], 6 pp., illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 395 x 313 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated cloth. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1936. A fine copy of this classic fascist photobook, a hagiography of Mussolini, which is almost a direct takeoff of the books produced in communist Russia at the same time, using photography to glorify the State. The book is also a spectacular example of fascist book design with great care given to the layout and the use of different type faces. Inscribed by the author to G. Olivetti. OCLC lists only one copy, in Belgium. Grillo, Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 110-111.