Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
L'esposizione marittima visitata da Dante e Virgilio : allegoria / di A. Manganaro.
Call Number
F-000077
Identifier
ark:/88435/7s75dn87t
Publisher
[Naples : s.n., 1871]
Language
Italian
Date Created
1871
Extent
[1] leaf, XXX, [1] leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs) ; 48 cm.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Plates mounted on stubs.
Hand colored lithograph pictorial title page and thirty-one hand colored lithograph plates including the final "Chiusura" plate showing Dante holding hands with a skeletal Virgil. The lithographs show the political figures of Italy in the 1860s; the majority of the plates feature the figures of Dante and the skeletal Virgil attending the opening of The International Maritime Exhibition held in Naples in 1871, surrounded by various members of the Italian bueaucracy.
Binding Note
GAX copy: Contemporary quarter green calf over green pebbled cloth boards. Covers decoratively ruled in blind, front cover with "Manganaro, L'Esposizione Marittima" stamped in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled end-papers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricatures and cartoons—Italy—19th century
Italy—Politics and government—1849-1870—Caricatures and cartoons
Lithographs—Italy—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
34

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ab9b8da1-db5d-4056-aa87-862e6f94e86b/manifest