A monument against the cholera in Habsburg Modena, 1840

Antonio Peretti: Disegno del monumento in plastica eretto nella Chiesa di S. Francesco in Modena in memoria della preservazione di questa Città dal Cholera-morbus, eseguito da Luigi Mainoni (...) With 8 lithographed plates, of which 1 folding, after drawings by Carlo and Pio Gustavo Goldoni, as well as 1 lithographed calligraphic title. Modena: Litografia Goldoni, 1840.

Super Royal-4to. [1 leave (title)], 23 [1 (errata)] pages; 8 plates. Lithography and letterpress, bound in contemporary cardboard with gilt ornamental framing of boards.

First and only edition.

Contents: Profusely illustrated and beautifully printed publication on occasion of the erection of Luigi Mainoni's terracotta monument for the salvation of Modena from the 'cholera morbus'. With a printed dedication by publisher and lithographer Pio Gustavo Goldoni for Luigi Reggianini, then Bishop of Modena, and a treatise about as well as a detailed description of the monument by Antonio Peretti, then poet of the Habsburg court of Francis IV, Duke of Modena.

Condition: Spine skilfully renewed, boards sun-stained, minor finger-stains and foxing inside, otherwise in very good condition.

Rarity, Holdings: Scarce in trade and holdings alike, no copy on the market and in ICCU as of Feb. 20th 2024.