Apr 03, 2008 - Sale 2140

Sale 2140 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 368
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
GUATTANI, GIUSEPPE ANTONIO. Pompa Funebre per le solenni esequie di Maria Isabella di Braganza Regina delle Spagne, e delle Indie fatte celebrare in Roma da S.M.C. l'Augusto Consorte Ferdinano VII. Engraved frontispiece of the funeral monument after Isidoro Velázquez; 7 allegorical vignettes after Filippo Ferrari. xv, [1]; 27 pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, contemporary tan sheep gilt with ornamental border on covers, spine and cover edges rubbed, some stains on covers; frontispiece lightly browned, scattered minor foxing. Armorial bookplate of Carlo Ceriana-Mayneri (1886-1960). Rome: Stamperia di Romanis, 1820

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first edition of an account of the funeral of Maria Isabel de Braganza (1797-1818), Queen Consort of Spain as the second wife of King Ferdinand VII. The second part of the book contains the text of the funeral address by Juan Francisco Marco in Latin and Italian. Berlin 3278.