Estimate € 800 - 1,200
Sold € 950
Auction: 21 January 2020 at 15:00
LEONI, Michele (1776-1858) - I principali monumenti innalzati dal 1814 a tutto il 1823 da Sua Maestà la principessa imperiale Maria Luigia arciduchessa d'Austria duchessa di Parma. Parma: Giambattista Bodoni, 1824. Work dedicated to Francesco I, "Tiré à un petit nombre d'exemplaires, presque tous distribués en présent" (Brunet). Only a copy is recorded as having sold at auction (RBH, 2017). Folio (523 x 336mm). Engraved title with portrait of Maria Luigia and 15 engraved numbered plates which as noted in Brooks do not correspond to their descriptions (few scattered spots). Modern boards in style of Bodoni (without the coloured paper wrappers called for in Brooks). Brooks 1265.
Estimate € 800 - 1,200