H.A. Day, Photographs. – Travel in Madrid, Naples, Rome & Florence. Circa 1885.
Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles. Includes 15 colour chromolithographs of bull fights by the famed publishers, Francisco Boronat y Satorre, Madrid, after paintings by Daniel Perea (1834–1909). Followed by 46 tipped-in photographs (some hand-coloured) including 4 of Naples and Vesuvius by the important early Italian photographer Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) dated 1880/81.
The first 15 plates depict in chronological order the ritual of the bullfight, from the capture of the bulls [Encierro de Los Toros] to their demise and removal from the bull ring by mules [Las Mullilas Sacando al Toro]. Captions in Spanish, French and English, produced at the approximate time Manet painted his bull fight scenes. A rare piece of Tauromacy.
Following are 46 albumen photographs of Naples, Rome and Florence: Hand-coloured photograph of people in a wagon; view of Naples by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated May 1881; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated July 1880; ruins of Cassmicciola Piazza Maio (undated); Panorama of Pompeii (undated); Temple of Venus Pompeii (undated); House of Marco Olconio, Pompeii (undated); Wall of the Temple of Augustus, Pompeii (undated); Temple of Neptune and Basilica (undated) ; Bust of Homer in the Museo Nazionale, Naples (undated); The Colosseum, Rome exterior (undated); The Colosseum, Rome interior showing new excavations; The Arch of Janus, Rome (undated); The Arch of Titus, Rome showing The Candelabra (undated); The Roman Forum (undated); Trajan’s Column, Rome (undated); The Capitol, Rome (undated); Castel St. Angelo from the Tiber, Rome (undated); The Facade of St Peter’s Rome (undated); The interior of St Peter’s Rome (undated); A fresco from the Chapel of Nichols V, Vatican (undated); The pyramid of Cestius, Rome 9undated); waterfalls at Tivoli (undated); Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors at the Florence Baptistery; Campanile di Giotto; 16 details from Giotto's Campanile; hand-coloured photograph of the Palazzo Vecchio by Mannelli & Co.
Inside rear cover is stamped in black ink in the lower left corner with the letters “J&S” beneath “W” in a diamond-shaped motif.
Title: H.A. Day, Photographs. – Travel in Madrid, Naples, Rome & Florence. Circa 1885.
Artist/Author: H.A. Day
Publisher: unknown
Publication date: c.1885
Format: Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles.
Pages:61
Images: 61
Condition:spotting to some pages, binding sound. Moderate wear to covers.
Stock Number: RB04468
Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles. Includes 15 colour chromolithographs of bull fights by the famed publishers, Francisco Boronat y Satorre, Madrid, after paintings by Daniel Perea (1834–1909). Followed by 46 tipped-in photographs (some hand-coloured) including 4 of Naples and Vesuvius by the important early Italian photographer Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) dated 1880/81.
The first 15 plates depict in chronological order the ritual of the bullfight, from the capture of the bulls [Encierro de Los Toros] to their demise and removal from the bull ring by mules [Las Mullilas Sacando al Toro]. Captions in Spanish, French and English, produced at the approximate time Manet painted his bull fight scenes. A rare piece of Tauromacy.
Following are 46 albumen photographs of Naples, Rome and Florence: Hand-coloured photograph of people in a wagon; view of Naples by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated May 1881; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated July 1880; ruins of Cassmicciola Piazza Maio (undated); Panorama of Pompeii (undated); Temple of Venus Pompeii (undated); House of Marco Olconio, Pompeii (undated); Wall of the Temple of Augustus, Pompeii (undated); Temple of Neptune and Basilica (undated) ; Bust of Homer in the Museo Nazionale, Naples (undated); The Colosseum, Rome exterior (undated); The Colosseum, Rome interior showing new excavations; The Arch of Janus, Rome (undated); The Arch of Titus, Rome showing The Candelabra (undated); The Roman Forum (undated); Trajan’s Column, Rome (undated); The Capitol, Rome (undated); Castel St. Angelo from the Tiber, Rome (undated); The Facade of St Peter’s Rome (undated); The interior of St Peter’s Rome (undated); A fresco from the Chapel of Nichols V, Vatican (undated); The pyramid of Cestius, Rome 9undated); waterfalls at Tivoli (undated); Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors at the Florence Baptistery; Campanile di Giotto; 16 details from Giotto's Campanile; hand-coloured photograph of the Palazzo Vecchio by Mannelli & Co.
Inside rear cover is stamped in black ink in the lower left corner with the letters “J&S” beneath “W” in a diamond-shaped motif.
Title: H.A. Day, Photographs. – Travel in Madrid, Naples, Rome & Florence. Circa 1885.
Artist/Author: H.A. Day
Publisher: unknown
Publication date: c.1885
Format: Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles.
Pages:61
Images: 61
Condition:spotting to some pages, binding sound. Moderate wear to covers.
Stock Number: RB04468
Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles. Includes 15 colour chromolithographs of bull fights by the famed publishers, Francisco Boronat y Satorre, Madrid, after paintings by Daniel Perea (1834–1909). Followed by 46 tipped-in photographs (some hand-coloured) including 4 of Naples and Vesuvius by the important early Italian photographer Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) dated 1880/81.
The first 15 plates depict in chronological order the ritual of the bullfight, from the capture of the bulls [Encierro de Los Toros] to their demise and removal from the bull ring by mules [Las Mullilas Sacando al Toro]. Captions in Spanish, French and English, produced at the approximate time Manet painted his bull fight scenes. A rare piece of Tauromacy.
Following are 46 albumen photographs of Naples, Rome and Florence: Hand-coloured photograph of people in a wagon; view of Naples by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated May 1881; view of Vesuvius by G.Sommer dated July 1880; ruins of Cassmicciola Piazza Maio (undated); Panorama of Pompeii (undated); Temple of Venus Pompeii (undated); House of Marco Olconio, Pompeii (undated); Wall of the Temple of Augustus, Pompeii (undated); Temple of Neptune and Basilica (undated) ; Bust of Homer in the Museo Nazionale, Naples (undated); The Colosseum, Rome exterior (undated); The Colosseum, Rome interior showing new excavations; The Arch of Janus, Rome (undated); The Arch of Titus, Rome showing The Candelabra (undated); The Roman Forum (undated); Trajan’s Column, Rome (undated); The Capitol, Rome (undated); Castel St. Angelo from the Tiber, Rome (undated); The Facade of St Peter’s Rome (undated); The interior of St Peter’s Rome (undated); A fresco from the Chapel of Nichols V, Vatican (undated); The pyramid of Cestius, Rome 9undated); waterfalls at Tivoli (undated); Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors at the Florence Baptistery; Campanile di Giotto; 16 details from Giotto's Campanile; hand-coloured photograph of the Palazzo Vecchio by Mannelli & Co.
Inside rear cover is stamped in black ink in the lower left corner with the letters “J&S” beneath “W” in a diamond-shaped motif.
Title: H.A. Day, Photographs. – Travel in Madrid, Naples, Rome & Florence. Circa 1885.
Artist/Author: H.A. Day
Publisher: unknown
Publication date: c.1885
Format: Oblong folio, 28 x 37 cm, bound in red buckram boards with gilt titles.
Pages:61
Images: 61
Condition:spotting to some pages, binding sound. Moderate wear to covers.
Stock Number: RB04468
