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[MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar.] Il carnevale di Roma. Rome: [engraved title dated 1820].
Oblong 2° (302 x 531mm). Engraved title and 19 engraved plates only. (Lacking printed title and list of plates, light marginal spotting or thumb-soiling.) 20th-century boards, morocco label to front cover (extremities lightly rubbed).
Although influenced by the romantic view of the tourist, the engravings of the carnival of Rome are documentary and capture the light-hearted atmosphere of Carnival. Colas 530; Lipperheide 2864.
Oblong 2° (302 x 531mm). Engraved title and 19 engraved plates only. (Lacking printed title and list of plates, light marginal spotting or thumb-soiling.) 20th-century boards, morocco label to front cover (extremities lightly rubbed).
Although influenced by the romantic view of the tourist, the engravings of the carnival of Rome are documentary and capture the light-hearted atmosphere of Carnival. Colas 530; Lipperheide 2864.