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Fotografia - Album - Ministro Grimaldi Bernardino - 1887, 1887
cm.44x53
Album containing 20 albumen photographs mounted on cardboard, depicting archaeological and museum finds, statues, sculptures, and furniture, with numbers indicating likely descriptive captions for the material held in a museum (Uffizi, Vatican Museums).
Owned by Bernardino Grimaldi (Catanzaro, February 15, 1839 โ Rome, March 16, 1897), who was Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce of the Kingdom of Italy from 1884 to 1887 under the Depretis government.
The album, with a leatherette cover, bears a dedication on the cover, printed in gold leaf, "AL COMM. B. GRIMALDI - Ministro Agr. Ind. e Commercio" (TO COMM. B. GRIMALDI - Ministro Agr. Ind. e Commercio).
The photographs measure approximately 30 x 40 cm on average, and the sheets are stamped "FOTOGRAFIA REALE MONTABONE G. BORELLI ROMA Piazza di Spagna 9".
In excellent condition.
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