Lot n° 142
Estimation :
500 - 600
EUR
PINELLI, Bartolomeo. - Lot 142
PINELLI, Bartolomeo.
Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi de' contorni di Roma compresi diversi fatti di brigandi disegnati ed incisi all'acqua forte.
Roma, Presso Gio Scudellari, 1823. In-4 oblong (30 x 44 cm), title and 50 plates, azure dust jacket (very slight foxing to title).
A fine copy of this collection of 50 prints drawn and engraved in black etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) illustrating the costumes of the inhabitants around Rome, including 16 plates devoted to the life of brigands.
This collection, unknown to Brunet and Lipperheide, was begun in 1819 and completed in 1822 (many of the figures are dated 1819). Colas, 2386. Vinet, 2297.
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