Written information regarding the Italian art loan exhibition of 1882-3; 'the information [this guide] contain[s] may serve to increase the interest and value of the Exhibition to many visitors not skilled in the history and relations of the various departments of Italian Art'. Note at front: 'the substance of this little Guide to the various Sections of the Italian Art Exhibition has already appeared in the form of a series of Articles in the Glasgow Herald'. Includes sections on paintings, drawings, medals, engravings, pottery, porcelain, glass, ivories and mosaics among others. Printed in Glasgow by Robert Anderson, 22 Ann Street.