Pinelli, Bartolomeo
Costumi diversi in no. 25 tavole
£813
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Rome: Luigi Fabri, 1822. First edition, oblong folio (45 x 59.8cm), contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, etched title-page, 26 etched plates (presumably extra-illustrated with one plate from another work by Pinelli, not identified), light spotting;
Idem. Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi. Rome: Giovanni Scudellari, 1817. First edition, oblong 4to (16.2 x 21.2cm), contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, etched title-page, 49 etched plates (of 50: lacking plate 38), contemporary ownership inscription 'David Dundas' (by family repute the British army officer Sir David Dundas, 1735-1820), occasional spotting (2)