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Altre immaginiEditore: [colophon:] Venice, 31 October 1818
Da: Susanne Schulz-Falster Rare Books ABA, Woodstock, Regno UnitoSusanne Schulz-Falster Rare Books ABA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 298,35
EUR 23,17 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
4to, pp. [3], [1] blank; lightly browned and discoloured in upper outer corner; uncut and unbound, with mss filing note to last page. Official order for a police investigation into the theft of a large mirrored walnut showcase from a bric-a-brac shop in Venice, 1818. A full listing of the forty-five different objects stolen is g…iven, amongst them two miniature paintings on vellum (one of the Nativity and the other of David); various coins (identified and not); five pearl necklaces - two in pearl agate, two of 'pearls' in yellow glass, and a necklace of miniature black pearls with matching earrings; in mother-of-pearl, a piece in the shape of an animal; four saints, and an oval of St. George; two gilded crucifixes, and much more, all to the value of around 350 Italian Lire. A fascinating insight into Venetian life and trade.
