ID 698028
Lot 249 | LOSE, Federico e Carolina - Viaggio pittorico nei Monti di Brianza. Milan: Federico Lose, 1823.
Estimate value
€ 1 500 – 2 500
A complete copy, difficult to be found on the market, of this romantic work dedicated to Brianza and published in the years of Manzoni's "Promessi Sposi". "A precious work. difficult to find and. highly admired by contemporaries" (from the introduction by Orio Vergani of the facsimile edition; Milan: il Polifilo, 1959).
Oblong folio (300 x 425mm). Engraved vignette with map of Brianza on title, two pp. preface, 24 aquatint plates by C. Lose after F. Lose printed in sepia, each with a corresponding descriptive text leaf, many protected by tissue paper (some foxing to tissues paper sometimes continuing on the margin of the plates without affecting the aquatint). Editorial green percalline backed in darker green, later label con front cover (some staining and wear).
| Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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| Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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