M BUONAIUTI "Italian scenery representing the manners, customs and amusements of the different states of Italy", published Edward Orme London 1806, paper board bound with leather spine, together with three various volumes of English and other views with black and white engraved plates, each in marbled board bindings, together with a scrapbook containing various images of Maurice Chevalier, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, George Arliss, Leslie Fuller, etc. the blue cloth board cover tooled and gilded Marlborough College CONDITION REPORTS English Views - overall with wear, scuffs, some losses to surface of bindings and covers, pages with foxing, dirt and stains, some creases and tattiness to edges, some pages with tears and small losses. Blank pages and interior linings to boards have stains and some sellotape marks. The last four smaller black and white illustrations are stuck onto plain paper which is bound into the book. Some of the larger plates/illustrations are also stuck onto plain pages rather than bound directly into the book. There are 25 pages containing printed plates.
Italian Scenery - bindings and covers in very poor condition and boards have separated, wear, dirt and stains, tears and scuffs and losses. Pages have heavy wear and tattiness to edges. Most of the pages have separated from the binding, stains, foxing, dirt. The colour plates present are Lazzaronis, Dance of Lazzaroni children, Playing at the ring, Neopolitans eating macaroni, The fishmonger, A Calessino, The dance of the tarantella, a page of music "Neopolitan dance", Washing place, The country eating house, Hermitage, The fountain of Capua, Interior of a house at Fondi, A Roman family, The fish market, Playing at bomble puppy, Street singers, The Protestant church yard, A fountain near Rome, A Capuchin friar, A direction post, The confession, A vintage, The Temple of Hercules, A play with the fingers, A Piedmontese dance, A fountain, A tinker, The Catechism, The miners, A country inn, The young Savoyards, The young Savoyards return.
The two card bound volumes containing various British views both with some stains, wear, scuffs, some foxing and dirt, some creases and tears to edges.
