Raccolta di 50 Costumi

Bartolomeo Pinelli. Raccolta di cinquanta Costumi li più interessanti. Delle Citta, Terre, e Paesi, in Provincie diverse del Regno di Napoli. Rome: Giovanni Scudellari, 1817. First octavo edition, published in folio in 1814, but with new illustrations (based on a 2011 Bonham's sale). Oblong octavo (6.125 x 8.5 inches; 155 x 215 mm.). Engraved title-page. Fifty numbered engraved plates, signed in engraving and typically dated 1816; extra illustrated with eight additional plates, some from Pinelli's book on Rome. Contemporary half roan over gray-blue moire-covered boards, spine stamped and ruled in gilt, boards ruled in blind; all edges of the text block stained yellow (faded) and sprinkled brown; plain endpapers, flyleaves. Covers worn; spine partially perished (top-third) with tears at the base; boards soiled and with some spotty discoloration; some shallow bubbles beneath the moire on the rear board; corners bumped; front board very gently bowed. Occasional foxing, slightly heavier to