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GIOVANNI BOSCHI [EDITOR] (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY), after G. AMATO (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY), and A. LORENZO (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY) Atlante Zoologico Popolare, opera Compilata Sui Più Recenti Lavori di Zoologia Italiani e Stranieri [Ornothological Studies]: Eight Plates eight lithographs with hand-coloring, 1863-79, on wove papers, published by Raimondo Petraroja, Naples, all with the publisher's blindstamp, all with margins, the palest light- staining on several plates, minor surface soiling and the palest occasional scattered foxing on several plates, Cefalottero Ornato with a diagonal crease across the lower left margin corner and creasing along the left margin, Il Motmot with a diagonal crease through the center of the image and a moisture stain in the lower right margin corner, otherwise all apparently in good condition, in faux-gilt latticed frames with a verdigris patina, not examined out of the frames all L. approx. 15 x 11 in. (380 x 279 mm.) all overall 23½ x 19½ in. (597 x 495 mm.) (8)