[Italy]. PINELLI, Bartolomeo - Lot 102

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[Italy]. PINELLI, Bartolomeo - Lot 102
[Italy]. PINELLI, Bartolomeo A New Collection of Fifty Costumes from the Outskirts of Rome, Including Various Depictions of Bandits, Drawn and Etched. Rome, Printed by Gio Scudellari, 1823. Oblong in-4 (30 x 44 cm), title page and 50 plates, azure slipcase (very slight foxing on the title page). A rare and beautiful copy of this collection of 50 prints drawn and engraved in black using the etching process. Created by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781–1835), it illustrates the costumes of the inhabitants of the Rome area, with 16 plates devoted to the lives of bandits. This collection, begun in 1819, was completed in 1822 (many of the figures are dated 1819). Colas, 2386. Vinet, 2297. Unknown to Brunet and Lipperheide.
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