Raccolta dei principali Costumi Religiosi e Militari della corte Pontificia
by Marroni, Salvatore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Roma: l'Editore Tommaso Cuccioni. First Edition Presumed. Blindstamped Cloth. . Very Good Plus. N.d., circa 1840. Large paper version: folio, 34 by 24 cm. With 39 hand-colored costume plates, plus engraved title page with hand-colored vignette. These images of Vatican dress, both which cover both ecclessiastic and military costume, are generally encountered in a far smaller, leporello format, with also fewer images -- typically thirty plates. In this other guise, the target audience were the many tourists who paid a visit to Rome and were enamored with a pocket souvenir. The diminutive leporello assuredly exudes enormous charm that has not diminished over nearly two centuries, but the images really do not quite match these original Marroni engravings with their excellent detailing and glorious hand-coloring, and we would stress, the coloring is not only brilliant, but also it would appear not to have lost one bit of lustre from the day it was applied to paper. Scattered soiling, mostly on the first few leaves and the fore-edge, and a few light finger smudes, not affecting the imagery. Moderate wear to the red cloth. A few white spots along rear edge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004985
- Title
- Raccolta dei principali Costumi Religiosi e Militari della corte Pontificia
- Author
- Marroni, Salvatore
- Format/Binding
- Blindstamped Cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Presumed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- l'Editore Tommaso Cuccioni
- Place of Publication
- Roma
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- First Edition
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