Estimate € 300 - 500
Sold € 380
Auction: 20 September 2022 at 10:00
[NAPOLI] - JORIO, Andrea de (1769-1851). La Mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire Napoletano. Napoli: del Fibreno, 1832 - [INSIEME A:] - JORIO. Indicazione del più rimarcabile in Napoli e contorni. Napoli: tipografia Simoniana, 1819 - 2 works in 2 volumes, 8vo, first work (233 x 150mm). Woodcut vignette on title, 21 plates, the first 16 by Gaetano Gigante and engraved in aquatint by Baron Clugny de Nuis, the other five engraved (foxing and occasional soiling). Green half calf with gilt decorations on spine, uncut (rubbed). First edition of this work dedicated to the daily life of the Neapolitan people. Second work (200 x 134mm). Titles in Italian and French, large folding plate with "Sistema delle leggi del Regno delle Due Sicilie". Contemporary marbled boards backed in brown leather decorated in gilt, yellow edges (light rubbing) (2)
Estimate € 300 - 500