Pietro Badoglio/Piero Jahier/Vittorio Gui/Domenico Barbato/Ugo Maraldi - Canti di soldati/La guerra d’Etiopia/ L’artiglieria/La Fanteria - 1919-1941

Lot of 4 Italian Historical and Military Books (1919-1941)

From a private collection, prestigious set of 4 original historical publications dating to the First and Second World Wars, of great interest to militaria and 20th-century Italian history collectors:

1. Canti di Soldati (1919) – Collection curated by the Alpine lieutenant Piero Jahier and harmonized by the Engineer lieutenant and renowned composer Vittorio Gui, published in Trento reissued for New Year 1919 and printed by the P section of the First Army.
Rare numbered edition in a limited print run of 5,000 copies (copy No. 3405).
It should be noted that pages 18 and 19 were manually censored, probably during the Fascist Ventennio, as shown in the photo.

1. La Guerra d'Etiopia (1936) – Fine edition of Marshal Pietro Badoglio's work (A. Mondadori) with an autographed foreword by Benito Mussolini. Copy complete with all plates and attached geographical maps.

2. L'Artiglieria (1941) – Technical-military manual of the series Manuali d'Arma published by the Ministry of War (Fascist Year XIX).
Contains numerous illustrations on artillery pieces, projectiles, the calculation of ranges, and transport.

4. La Fanteria (1941) – Manual of the same ministerial series dedicated to the infantry (Fascist Year XIX).
Contains numerous illustrations of military tactics on the field, maneuvers and movements of Italian elite units.