[Raccolta di Costumi Napolitani].

£1,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Samaritani's scarce collection of hand coloured lithographs depicting the street sellers of Naples. Includes water-carrier, Pulcinella (including title and date), cane chairmaker, public scribe, cobbler, and sellers of watermelons, strawberries, eggs, pizzas, pasta etc. 8vo; no title or text (but see plate of Pulcinella), 20 hand-coloured lithographs, some light marginal soiling, slight water-staining to top edge, a little shaken in contemporary roan-backed embossed-paper boards, rubbed, spine a little worn, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, morocco label, a good copy. Bobins 1512 (this copy); cf.Colas 2635, 18 plates, c.1825

• Binding: Hardcover

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