Rome Italy Roma Italia 53 hand colored prints c. 1860's large unique view album

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books, Plate Books, Italy, Rome, Architectural Views).

Vedute di Roma.
Created c. 1860's-70's (? earlier).
53 beautifully hand colored images, all mounted long ago onto the larger album pages. Text in Italian.

Publisher's 1/4 leather binding, gilt title lettering, oblong format. 

Each image looks almost like a small painting and would be frameable as such, the colorist was a skilled artist.

Album is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, joints scuffed, leather a bit worn with surface scrapes, still attractive and supple, couple leaves detached with edge wear, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Views mostly clean, a few with some old and minor stains of adhesions to the edges, gently toned, still tight, sound internally. Much nicer collection of Italian views than typical.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 9 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W.

[B11821].