Lot 203: [BONNAFFÉ, A.A.

RECUERDOS DE LIMA, ALBUM DE TIPOS TRAJES Y COSTUMBRES. LIMA: FOR A.A. BONAFFÉ, 1856-1857]

RECUERDOS DE LIMA, ALBUM DE TIPOS TRAJES Y COSTUMBRES. LIMA: FOR A.A. BONAFFÉ, 1856-1857]

first editions, first and second series, 2 volumes, folio (448 x 306mm. and 494 x 350mm.), 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates (12 in each series) only, both uniformly bound in publisher's embossed green cloth, upper covers titled and dated in gilt, plates in the second series with spotting and minor marginal repairs, volume 2 neatly rebacked, both with modern endpapers

LITERATURE

Palau 32375 (under Bonaffé); not in Colas or Lipperheide

NOTE

The title and dates are taken from the upper cover of the volumes, it would appear that no titles or text were issued.