[Da Torino a Roma. Ventitré anni di viaggio. Alfabeto di Pasquino compilato da Teja]

Features

Author:  Casimiro Teja

Publisher:  [Tipografia Scolastica Sebastiano Franco e Figli]

Place of printing:  Turin

Year of publication:  1871

Product Condition:
Specimen in poor condition. The front plate of the editorial containment paperback is missing, the rear plate is burnished with traces of dust and marginal tears. The first introductory paper (Note of the bookbinder) is detached and very blued with worn edges and with small tears. The cards tied to leporello are in fair condition, but with more or less important cuts on the hinges between one and the other; we indicate that the first card is completely detached; slightly burnished papers with rare blooms. To be restored

Pages:  (32)

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  12
Width:  18

Description

Rare publication given as a gift to the Associates for 1871 to the famous magazine Pasquino, a humorous Artistic-Political-Social newspaper that came out every Sunday in Turin since 1856 and which continued to be published until the fascist suppression of 1930. It is a composed leporello album from 30 lithographed sides that open create a sheet 3.6 meters long. On this medium, the caricatures of Casimiro Teja, historical collaborator and then director of the magazine, trace the history of the Risorgimento from 1848 to the capture of Rome in 1870, through the stories of the main protagonists of the events (Garibaldi, Cavour, D'Azeglio, Napoleone III ) and of the bersagliere Gianduja, symbol of Turin. All punctuated by verses that follow the alphabetical order in the initials. On the first page a curious Note with handwritten characters, signed Pasquale Pastamolle, Binder of Pasquino, which gives an account of the discrepancy between the title (Journey from Turin to Rome) and the fact that the series of engravings instead starts from Rome. Unfortunately, the lithographed paperback is missing, it is a copy to be restored.

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