Very rare bibliographic document, in oblong format, measures approximately 28x41 cm, coeval binding in full cloth, hard cover in red imitation leather, plates embossed in gold with the Mastai Ferretti papal coat of arms in the center and frame and corners with floral references, 52 pages plus one white at the end, large photo 18x23 cm protected by tissue paper of His Holiness PIO IX on the frontispiece, 7 photos and artistic reproductions (albumin) f.t. with protective tissue. Title page in black letters "JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS IX TO THE CITY AND PROVINCE OF VELLETRI / WRITTEN AND COMPILED / BY CANON LUIGI ANGELONI / VELLETRI / PRINTING BY ANGELO SARTORI AND COMP. / 1863"The report of a 4-day journey, in the book divided into 1st DAY / 2nd DAY / 3rd DAY / 4th DAY, undertaken by Pius IX in the province of Velletri, granting the various visit prayers received from the "Veliterno" people, who left on day 11 of May 1863 with a visit to the abbey of Valvisciolo.The author's opening note "Not a story is described here, but a journey is narrated, simple and naked as it happened, and was learned by us witnesses above all. And we were lucky; because on the subject we met, on which shone with such greatness that it completely rejected the artifices of art, of which we are deprived. However, it was enough for us only, in a few pages, and in very short hours, to vent our passionate soul, before which human events, and those in particular that are connected to Religion, do not go unnoticed. It is precisely of it to bring back the strongest impressions from them, to form the most cherished images; which, only in the Catholic, give the beginning down here to that life, which in the bosom of God, it goes from there."Note in the last line "The photographs attached here, except that of Valmontone, were taken from sketches made on site and after the journey described above"Cover with signs of aging and slight damage to the edge, flaps in white marbled paper with slight stains, pages in excellent condition, tissue paper with defects and creases

50 x 50 x 30 cm

3 kg