Curtains Up on Genoa: Genova Apre le Quinte, Luciano Leonotti, 1999, Tormena Editore Trafalgar Square with visibly timeworn cloth bindings

with visibly timeworn cloth bindings that give the set an authentic

including spine labels and adhesive residue on the front cover

drawing on Victorian flower lore and traditions

It is sharp

personal storytelling style that made Guideposts magazine a household name for decades

Curtains Up on Genoa: Genova Apre le Quinte, Luciano Leonotti, 1999, Tormena Editore Trafalgar Square with visibly timeworn cloth bindingsPhotographed by Luciano Leonotti and published by Tormena Editore in Genova in 1999, this bilingual Italian and English volume opens the doors of Genoa's historic palaces, churches, and institutions, presenting the frescoed halls, vaulted salons, and ornamental stairways that the city has kept largely closed to public view. Genoa, often overlooked in favor of Rome, Florence, and Venice, was for centuries one of Europe's wealthiest cities, and its