[RODRIGUEZ, A.J. (fl. 1801)]

Lot 254
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 993097
Lot 254 | [RODRIGUEZ, A.J. (fl. 1801)]
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
[RODRIGUEZ, A.J. (fl. 1801)]

Coleccion General de los Trages que en la actualidad se usan en España. Madrid: 1801

Beautifully engraved suite of 112 plates depicting the costumes of the various provinces of Spain during the Napoleonic wars. The plates are engraved by I. Albuerne, F. Marti, Rodriguez and J. Vasquez after Rodriguez, and were published in 14 parts, each with 8 plates, without the 4 supplementary plates mentioned in Colas. Bobins III, 1065; Colas 2566 (116 plates); Lipperheide Jc 5; Palau 56519; Rahir 617; Vinet 2223.



Small octavo (165 x 104mm). Engraved title, 112 engraved plates all finely coloured by a contemporary hand (rare marginal spot, minor offsetting). Late 19th-century calf by Riviere in the style of Spanish marbled calf, covers bordered with gilt rules and scrolls, spine with raised bands richly gilt in compartments, red morocco title label gilt, edges gilt ruled, inner turn-ins gilt scrolled, all edges gilt (corners lightly rubbed, small chip to tail of spine). Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland (blind stamp on plate 49).





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