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£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

An unusual album of Swiss costume plates by the 19th-century artist Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Pinelli illustrated works by Dante, Virgil and Cervantes amongst others He produced several albums of costume plates mainly Italian or Roman. This Swiss collection appears scarce. Fifteen hand-coloured etched plates, title-page with hand-coloured vignette, paper size (27.5 x 21 cm), image size (18.5 x 13 cm), all captioned, slight spotting to the title-page, otherwise all plates in fine fresh condition, modern blue morocco-backed marbled boards gilt. Bobins 1061; Colas 2374; Lipperheide 905.

• Binding: Hardcover

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