This is an auction for VATICAN CITY, the official guide by Orazio Petrosillo.

Amazon.com reviews:

"FIVE STARS!!! This book is fabulous - it can't replace actually going to the Vatican Museum but it is a great supplement. If you are going to Vatican City, get this book and read it before you go. I couldn't be happier with it."

"Nicely put together. Beautiful photographs."

"FIVE STARS! f you have been to the Vatican, then this is a must have book. It has a complete narrative with outstanding color photographs. Don't even hesitate to purchase this book before it goes out of print. The photos and the narrative are outstanding. I purchased it after I came back from the Vatican, and I am mad that I did not have it before I went."

"FIVE STARS!! I can see where God's coming from. I'd live there too. I can't imagine a place that could match the Vatican for opulence. It's a caricature of itself, but the kind of caricature you can't laugh at because it has the best art and architecture in the world, and everything's made of gold. A lot of the statuary was spoils of war from Rome's various conquests. The rest are leftover pagan relics predating the empire's conversion. I think my favorite was the obelisk they snatched from Heliopolis in 37 B.C. and sat in St. Peter's. It's really, visibly Egyptian, but Pope Sixtus V had it hauled into place by 900 men and 140 horses, then frowned, shook his head, and popped a crucifix on top of it. VC looks like a beautiful place, perhaps the most beautiful place, and my plan as of now is to go within the next year or two."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Large format paperback 2002.

224 pages.

Amazing photographs throughout.

Good condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.

Filed with L/F books