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Tuesday 11 November 2025 e Wednesday 12 November 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

354 Feste - Torino - Savoia

Carousel which took place in Turin in the Piazza di S. Carlo on Friday 22 April 1842, on the occasion of the very happy wedding of HRH Vittorio Emanuele Duke of Savoy with Her Majesty Princess Maria Adelaide Archduchess of Austria, 1842

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Turin, 1842. Large oblong folio; title framed by a richly lithographed border by Junck, with a crowned coat of arms and figures of knights, 2 cc. of explanatory pages and 8 large plates finely colored in contemporary watercolors, drawn by Gonin and lithographed by Junck himself, light browning and foxing, very small gap in the white outer margin of one leaf, publisher's binding in all brown cardboard, printed title on the front cover, reinforced spine, browning, slightly loose front cover, some staining and staining on the covers, in a Modena cloth slipcase. Printed bookplate on the inside cover.

Specialist Notes

Single edition. Album composed of eight large watercolor lithographs illustrating the monumental carousel that took place in Piazza San Carlo in Turin on April 22, 1842, to celebrate the wedding between Maria Adelaide of Habsburg-Lorraine and Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, then King of Sardinia, but future first King of Italy in 1861. Particularly evocative is the first plate, which depicts a general view of the Carousel, with the royal box on the right and the large temporary amphitheater, set up in the square for the occasion. The other plates depict the various riders (on horseback or on foot), in costume and ceremonial attire.