Resource: Il Vade Mecum di Torino e dell'Esposizione: Guida Tascabile Illustrata

Title:	Il Vade Mecum di Torino e dell'Esposizione: Guida Tascabile Illustrata
Publication info:	Torino: S.T.E.N., 1911
Original Mode of Expressions:	Text
Physical description:	46 pages. Excellent preservation state. Measures 20 x 12 cm. Includes a folded map of the fairgrounds.
Descriptive note:	The Vade Mecum di Torino e dell'Esposizione: Guida Tascabile Illustrata is an illustrated pocked guide to the Exposition. This guide, which also bore the longer title of: 1911: Il vade-mecum torinese: Guida tascabile llustrata di Torino, dintorni e della Esposizione starts off with the presentation of the fairgrounds and an itinerary covering the major pavilions and exhibits.   It then moves on to the city of Turin, with descriptions of the city's main monuments, buildings, gardens, churches, museums, bridges, theatres etc.  The tour of the areas around Turin include visits to the royal palaces of Stupinigi, Rivoli, and Racconigi.   The guide includes a map of the fairgrounds.
Subjects:	Contemporary culture, Commercial matter
Holding Repository:	CDC Private Collection