Galleria di costumi sardi].

Cagliari, Tipografia nazionale [- s.n.], 1878 and after?]

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Lot description

Folio: 43 pl. (foxing, extensive on occ. pl., some pl. browned, marg. damp stain on last pl., sm. marg. moulding).

Publ. cardboard in black buckram, gilt-ruled flat spine (large mould staining on upper part of the binding).

43 hand-coloured plates published in 1878 in "Il Buonumore. Giornale umoristico con caricature ed illustrazioni di Dalsani. Anno IV". Some plates are dated 1878 and have the text of "Il Buonumore" on verso, some have a blank verso, indicating a later issue (?). Without pl. 14 but with pl. 15bis. Representing a lady from Aritzo, a "panattara cagliaritana", women's and men's costumes from Desulo, Onifai, Iglesias, Lanusei, "massaia di Pauli-Pirri", landlord from Milis, etc. Ansaldi (1844-1922), was a famous Piedmontese caricaturist.
Ref. Lipperheide 1317i. - Colas 778 (42 pl.). - Hiler 213 (id.).
Prov. Ex dono from the engineer and politician born in Cagliari Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada (1858-1936) to the Baronesse Augusta von Eichthal (1860-1934) (ms. mention date 1884).