BARTOLOMEO PINELLI (1781-1835) Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi all’acqua forte. [A Collection of Fifty Picturesque Costumes Etched] Rome: Lorenzo Lazari, 1809.

Oblong 4° (28 x 41.5 cm). Engraved title, 50 engraved costume plates, numbered to fifty, the figures set in lively rustic scenes, wide margins. Contemporary cardboard binding. Minor losses of paper on the cover, minor soiling, foxing and water damage. A fine copy of Pinelli’s work, providing an interesting record of Italian life and costume. The plates show a variety of social groups and gatherings including dancing bears, shepherds, festivals, beggars and a magic lantern show. Provenance: ex-libris stamp of Aleksandrs Neibergs (1883-1956), a practising doctor in Riga.