Carlo M Cipolla.  Published Milan, 1958.  PB 133 pages + 8 plates.  Italian text.  115 x 200mm.

Top and bottom of spine peeling off, edges of pages yellowing. Fair, a reading copy only, from the library of Philip Grierson, with his ex-libris.

Explores the development of the lira from the libra of ancient times to modern coinage.