Naples: An Early Guide

Enrico Bacco & Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo ISBN: 0-934977-20-8

Italica Press - Paperback 272pp $17.50

First English edition and translation by Eileen Gardiner, Introductions to the Art History and History of Naples by Caroline Bruzelius and Ronald G. Musto

The city and its environs c.1600, its topography and plan, monuments, institutions, churches, monasteries, palaces, and fortresses; with discussions of the city's history, listings of church and secular officials, noble families, local saints and cult centers from late antiquity through the seventeenth century. Illustrated with maps, paintings, engravings, and drawings of the period. Includes introductions, bibliography, complete index, notes, and five new maps.

"... written in a lively and colloquial style that reflects not only the period in which it was written but captures a Naples that...is no longer obvious...to the often hurried twentieth-century tourist.... Still useful to modern travelers..."
L'Italo-Americano

"A fine and fitting homage to one of the most famous capitals of Europe.... Masterfully translated."
America Oggi