ID 992948
Lot 281 | BOURCARD, Francesco de (1821-1886)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Usi e Costumi di Napoli e Contorni. Naples: Gaetano Nobile, 1853-1858.
The Feltrinelli copy of this beautifully illustrated first edition depicting the people and customs of 19th-century Naples. The work details the different religious and secular festivals of the city, along with the various types of people who lived there. Bobins III, 1028; Colas 411; Lipperheide Jbc 25; Vinet 2308.
2 volumes, large octavo (258 x 185mm). Both volumes signed by the author in black ink to the title page verso, half-titles, 100 engraved plates coloured by a contemporary hand (very occasional toning and spotting). Contemporary green quarter morocco, gilt spines with red gilt lettering pieces, top edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed; the corners of vol. 2 lightly bumped). Provenance: Giannalisa Feltrinelli (small blindstamp on flyleaves; sold Christie's Rome, La Biblioteca Giannalisa Feltrinelli [Parte IV], 4 March 1998, lot 409).
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Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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