Alberto Pisa - Rome Painted - 1905

Lovely first edition of this wonderfully illustrated book, with 70 captioned tissue-guarded colour plates painted by Alberto Pisa

Handsome copy, and scarce in this condition. First published 1905. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated with coloured frontispiece ‘Marble Relife of the Ambarvalia Sacrifice, in the Forum’, and 69 tissue-guarded fine colour plates painted by the Italian artist Alberto Pisa (Pisa (1864-1936), was a noted Italian painter best known for his landscape watercolours of ruins, and garden views of Rome, Pompeii, Florence, and the Italian countryside and people in Ferrara). Text by M.A.R. Tuker and Hope Malleson.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1905. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth boards with Roman design in black, and olive on front cover and spine. Gilt title on spine and upper board. Top edges gilt.

Book Dimensions: 23 x 17 x 4.5 cm and Number of Pages: 267 including index + 8 pages of publishers’ works

Condition
The book is beautifully bound, designed and illustrated. Firm, and well bound copy. External covers are clean and in nice shape, with light wear to corners and some fading to spine cloth and to edges of rear cover. Internally the book is in fine condition indeed. No names or inscription. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are very good. Pages are very clean. All plates are present and bright (Please see pictures).