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Lot 266
BUSUTTIL, Salvator (1798-1854)
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini...Gregorio XVI. Rome: Presso l’Editore Deodato Minelli, [n.d. but 1838].
Closed13 July 2023
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GBP 4,032
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BUSUTTIL, Salvator (1798-1854)
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini...Gregorio XVI. Rome: Presso l’Editore Deodato Minelli, [n.d. but 1838].
Hand-coloured throughout and part heightened in gilt, a very rare panorama of a papal procession by a Maltese artist. The Papal canopy and the garments of the higher-ranking participants have been heightened in gold. Principal participants are numbered in the engraving, with a caption below the scene. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome and specialised in costume plates. RBH only records two copies coming to auction in the last 30 years. Abbey Life 538; Bobins II, 577.
Oblong folio (331 x 415mm). Engraved title and 34 plates ( 290 x 13800mm); all coloured by a contemporary hand and plates heightened with gum arabic and some heightened in gilt (light spotting to title, repaired marginal tear to plate 3, some staining most heavily affecting plates 6, 13, 15 and 23). The whole mounted on linen and joined, folding concertina style (folds reinforced with tape on verso); housed in modern red slip case. Provenance: The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection (the world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. It was formed over a period of forty years by Mrs. Anne S.K. Brown (1906-1985); book label to title).
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini...Gregorio XVI. Rome: Presso l’Editore Deodato Minelli, [n.d. but 1838].
Hand-coloured throughout and part heightened in gilt, a very rare panorama of a papal procession by a Maltese artist. The Papal canopy and the garments of the higher-ranking participants have been heightened in gold. Principal participants are numbered in the engraving, with a caption below the scene. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome and specialised in costume plates. RBH only records two copies coming to auction in the last 30 years. Abbey Life 538; Bobins II, 577.
Oblong folio (331 x 415mm). Engraved title and 34 plates ( 290 x 13800mm); all coloured by a contemporary hand and plates heightened with gum arabic and some heightened in gilt (light spotting to title, repaired marginal tear to plate 3, some staining most heavily affecting plates 6, 13, 15 and 23). The whole mounted on linen and joined, folding concertina style (folds reinforced with tape on verso); housed in modern red slip case. Provenance: The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection (the world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. It was formed over a period of forty years by Mrs. Anne S.K. Brown (1906-1985); book label to title).
BUSUTTIL, Salvator (1798-1854)
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini...Gregorio XVI. Rome: Presso l’Editore Deodato Minelli, [n.d. but 1838].
Hand-coloured throughout and part heightened in gilt, a very rare panorama of a papal procession by a Maltese artist. The Papal canopy and the garments of the higher-ranking participants have been heightened in gold. Principal participants are numbered in the engraving, with a caption below the scene. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome and specialised in costume plates. RBH only records two copies coming to auction in the last 30 years. Abbey Life 538; Bobins II, 577.
Oblong folio (331 x 415mm). Engraved title and 34 plates ( 290 x 13800mm); all coloured by a contemporary hand and plates heightened with gum arabic and some heightened in gilt (light spotting to title, repaired marginal tear to plate 3, some staining most heavily affecting plates 6, 13, 15 and 23). The whole mounted on linen and joined, folding concertina style (folds reinforced with tape on verso); housed in modern red slip case. Provenance: The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection (the world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. It was formed over a period of forty years by Mrs. Anne S.K. Brown (1906-1985); book label to title).
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini...Gregorio XVI. Rome: Presso l’Editore Deodato Minelli, [n.d. but 1838].
Hand-coloured throughout and part heightened in gilt, a very rare panorama of a papal procession by a Maltese artist. The Papal canopy and the garments of the higher-ranking participants have been heightened in gold. Principal participants are numbered in the engraving, with a caption below the scene. Busuttil was a Maltese artist working in Rome and specialised in costume plates. RBH only records two copies coming to auction in the last 30 years. Abbey Life 538; Bobins II, 577.
Oblong folio (331 x 415mm). Engraved title and 34 plates ( 290 x 13800mm); all coloured by a contemporary hand and plates heightened with gum arabic and some heightened in gilt (light spotting to title, repaired marginal tear to plate 3, some staining most heavily affecting plates 6, 13, 15 and 23). The whole mounted on linen and joined, folding concertina style (folds reinforced with tape on verso); housed in modern red slip case. Provenance: The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection (the world’s largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. It was formed over a period of forty years by Mrs. Anne S.K. Brown (1906-1985); book label to title).
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