BUSUTTIL, Salvatore. Solenne processione Vaticana del Corpus Domini. Diretta da uno de' Cerimonieri di Sua Santità Gregorio XVI. Rome: Deodato Minelli, 1838. Etched panorama, HAND-COLOURED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD THROUGHOUT, a folding continuous strip on 35 sheets (overall 32 x 1400cm), mounted on linen. Title in Italian and French on first two sheets, view of the procession on 33 sheets. Loose as issued within a marbled sheep and thin card chemise, contemporary red morocco slipcase (corners of slipcase neatly repaired). A fine, long and extremely rare panorama of a Papal procession, bright and in complete condition, the participants in each section are numbered, with explanatory text and key beneath. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome. Major Abbey's collection only had a fragment of the panorama and there is no auction record. Abbey Life 538.
BUSUTTIL, Salvatore. Solenne processione Vaticana del Corpus Domini. Diretta da uno de' Cerimonieri di Sua Santità Gregorio XVI. Rome: Deodato Minelli, 1838. Etched panorama, HAND-COLOURED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD THROUGHOUT, a folding continuous strip on 35 sheets (overall 32 x 1400cm), mounted on linen. Title in Italian and French on first two sheets, view of the procession on 33 sheets. Loose as issued within a marbled sheep and thin card chemise, contemporary red morocco slipcase (corners of slipcase neatly repaired). A fine, long and extremely rare panorama of a Papal procession, bright and in complete condition, the participants in each section are numbered, with explanatory text and key beneath. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome. Major Abbey's collection only had a fragment of the panorama and there is no auction record. Abbey Life 538.
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