PINELLI, Bartolomeo. Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi all acqua forte . Rome: Lorenzo Lazari, 1809. Oblong 4° (310 x 450mm). Engraved title, 50 hand-coloured engraved costume plates, numbered to fifty, the figures set in lively rustic scenes, wide margins. Early nineteenth century calf backed boards (joints cracked, foot of spine chipped). Provence : front free endpaper inscribed from Sarah Hustler to her mother, 1825. A fine hand-coloured copy of Pinelli's work, providing an interesting record of Italian life and costume. The plates show a variety of social groups and gatherings including dancing bears, shepherds, festivals, beggars and a magic lantern show. Lipperheide Ja 13 (a coloured copy); Vinet 2294; Colas 2370 'On rencontre des exemplaires coloriès'
PINELLI, Bartolomeo. Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi all acqua forte . Rome: Lorenzo Lazari, 1809. Oblong 4° (310 x 450mm). Engraved title, 50 hand-coloured engraved costume plates, numbered to fifty, the figures set in lively rustic scenes, wide margins. Early nineteenth century calf backed boards (joints cracked, foot of spine chipped). Provence : front free endpaper inscribed from Sarah Hustler to her mother, 1825. A fine hand-coloured copy of Pinelli's work, providing an interesting record of Italian life and costume. The plates show a variety of social groups and gatherings including dancing bears, shepherds, festivals, beggars and a magic lantern show. Lipperheide Ja 13 (a coloured copy); Vinet 2294; Colas 2370 'On rencontre des exemplaires coloriès'
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