ITALIAN COSTUME -- An album containing 13 watercolours of Italian costumes, mainly from Catania, each captioned in manuscript, 171 x 114mm, tissue guards, early 19th-century, contemporary calf (rubbed, upper cover detached).
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ITALIAN COSTUME -- An album containing 13 watercolours of Italian costumes, mainly from Catania, each captioned in manuscript, 171 x 114mm, tissue guards, early 19th-century, contemporary calf (rubbed, upper cover detached).
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Among the subjects are: "Pesciende di Catania", "Villana de' Boschi dell' Etna che vende legni", "Villano Venditore di Vinagro Catania" and "Zampognaro Brontese" (see illustration).