Rome Travel Journal — Géo Dorival 1920 Forum Poster & Kiepert 1914 Roma Urbs Map

Rome has always been two cities at once — the living city of markets and churches, of coffee and conversation, of neighbourhoods grown up over two millennia on and around the ruins of the ancient world, and the historical city of the Forum and the Colosseum, of the aqueducts and the roads that once connected the empire. The front cover features Géo Dorival's 1920 travel poster for the Rome via Mont-Cenis railway route: a dramatic composition centred on the ruins of the Roman Forum, the ancient columns and arches rising against a luminous Italian sky in the warm ochres and terracottas of the Roman landscape; the back presents Heinrich Kiepert's 1914 map Roma Urbs — a scholarly reconstruction of the city of Rome at the height of the Empire, showing the ancient streets, monuments, aqueducts, and buildings with a precision and completeness that had never been achieved before. Together: the romantic and the analytical, the image and the argument, the city as it appears to the traveller and the city as it is understood by the scholar.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print

Perfect For

• Rome lovers and Italy travellers keeping a travel journal
• History enthusiasts and architecture admirers drawn to the ancient world
• Vintage travel poster collectors and historical cartography fans
• Grand Tour dreamers and classical civilisation enthusiasts
• Anyone planning a Roman holiday — or reliving one
• A perfect gift for those who love Rome, ancient history, and beautiful books