(Grand Tour, Rome, Vatican Costume.) 'Costumi Della Corte Po...

Hammer

£160

(Grand Tour, Rome, Vatican Costume.) 'Costumi Della Corte Pontificia', Roma, 1844, 31 hand coloured engraved plates of Vatican costume & Papal uniforms as called for, comprising hand coloured vignette title page portrait of Pope Gregory XVI, engraved by V. Mochetti after Angelo Bertini, and 30 hand coloured engraved plates, bound concertina-style into original paper covered boards (11.5 x 8cm), housed in original card slipcase (worn), orig. printed paper label "Lithographie Santarelli a Rome, Via due Macelli 63. et Via Condotti 72. Avec objets de Beaux Arts", presumably where it was probably originally produced and sold; together with another similar mid 19th Century example, 33 hand coloured engraved plates comprising portrait Pope Pius IX + 32 plates Vatican costume, bound concertina-style into original paper covered boards (11.5 x 9cm), no date/imprint, (possibly lacks title page), original card slipcase (2)