Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi

by Bartolomeo Pinelli

$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary dark green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, small decorative green morocco title label Provenance: John Thomas Mott Barningham, Norfolk, armorial bookplate First edition of the first and best known collection of views of the picturesque costume of Italy. This highly evocative series was a justified 'best-seller' - published in various forms from 1808 to 1828, every 'grand tourist' would return with a copy of this work. The

• Binding: Leather

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