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hand-coloured copper engraving.
VERY RARE view from ‘Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d’après les monuments de l’antiquité et accompagné de dessins analogues au sujet par le Docteur Jules Ferrario.’; pl. 52; The Italian language edition was published 1816/1817-1834 under the title: “Il costume antico e moderno o storio del governo, della milizia, della religione … ” and contains in addition, an Indice generale, 1829 (1 volume) and “Aggiunte e rettificazioni all’ opera il costume antico e moderno …”, 1831-1834 (3 volumes.). Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847), of Milan, was an intellectual, publisher, printer and librarian. His monumental work ‘Il costume antico e moderno’ contains over 1,500 hand-colored plates depicting clothing from the classical period through the early 1800’s, as well as many architectural drawings and engravings. Gallo Gallina (1778-1837) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in a Neoclassic style. He was active also as a lithographer. He became the custodian of the Archeologic museum in the Brera Academy. He painted a canvas for the baptistery of the Duomo di Cremona. View shows a boat in the port of Cavite on the Philippines (Bay of Manila) including a Chinese merchant.
with smudges and water stains along margins.
