DANTES Inferno 1826 Bartolomeo Pinelli 145 ENGRAVINGS
RARE Complete 3 volume set. 145 Engravings Purgatory+
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Book Template Complete 3 Volume Set of Bartolomeo Pinelli's Engravings of Dante's Inferno, Paradisio, and Purgatorio Original 1826 publication bound in 3 volumes Folio size of volumes/pages measuring 17.5" x 23" Plate (image) size of each engraving is 11" x 14” Condition : The grey paper wraps are quite worn and aged. The title page, which is present on the first volume (Inferno) shows considerable foxing. No title pages present in the other two volumes, but it appears this was the only title page for all 3 volumes. The 145 engravings are in beautiful condition with very minimal foxing. The very edges of the engraved pages are yellowed. The pages have very minimal curling present, but only on the tips of the edges. This is an incredible set and extremely rare! This set was published in a very limited quantity. This is the only set available online and is quite unlikely to come around again for a long, long time. Most of these sets are now held in special collections at universities or museums or, in most cases, have already been broken apart and sold as individual engravings. Even to find the single engravings is a rare find. I also acquired with this set an 1824 half-bound leather cover that I will include with the set. The cover belongs to a different book, and is therefore a bit too large. But it could be altered by a professional binder. The cover says 1824, Romane (coincidentally the same period and region of the Pinelli engraving set). The cover has a different title, which could also be altered by a book binder. Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome, November 20, 1771 – Rome, April 1, 1835) was an Italian illustrator and engraver. An extremely prolific artist, he illustrated in his figures the costumes of the Italian peoples, the great epic poems and numerous other subjects, including popular customs. In general, the most recurring subject is Rome, its inhabitants, its monuments, the ancient city as well as the modern one. Son of a religious statues modeller he was educated first in Bologna and then in the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He lived in a poor quarter of Rome. In the first years of independent work he painted figures in acquerelle under the same prism of the painter Franz Kaiserman. From 1807, He produced an album of 36 watercolors with Scene e Costumi di Roma e del Lazio. From 1809 we have his first series of carvings under the title Raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incisi all’acquaforte. In 1816 he accomplishes the illustrations for the work “Storia Romana’ (ital: the Roman Story) and in 1821 those for the work “La storia Greca” (Ital: the Greek story). He also printed a series of prints on La storia del brigante decapitito, about a brigand who, while he sleeps, is decapitated by his wife in revenge for having murdered her child. It also illustrates the attention Pinelli lavished on popular tales[1]. Between 1822 and 1823 he accomplishes the fifty-two tables for the work “Il Meo Patacca.” He died poor the 1st of April in 1835. From Wikipedia.com (Please bear with us while we improve our photographing set up and technique.) Be sure to visit our Ebay store for more similar items: http://www.NewBostonFineAndRareBooks.com We specialize in fine, rare, and collectible Books, Photographs, and Art! Offered by New Boston Fine Arts New Boston Fine and Rare Books Visit us on the web for more collectible books! And original, signed, and collectible photographs!
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