Lot n° 200

A los Toros. Album compuesto de 28 acuarelas originales de [...] Don Daniel Perea, con la esplicación de cada suerte en español, francés é inglés, conteniendo además la Marcha de la Monoleria de la zarzuela Pan y Toros [...]. Barcelona,...

Estimation : 100 / 120
Description
Hermenegildo Miralles, [c. 1910].
In-4° oblong : [4]-4 pp.; 27 pl. protected by legended tissue guards (some foxing).
Publisher's binding : dark redbrown half cloth, illustrated upper board, flat spine (corners and turn ins dulled, lower board slightly rubbed).

27 coloured chromolithographies (1st ed. : 1895 ?) by Daniel Perea (1836-1909), illustrator and the artistic director of the famous bullfighting magazine "La Lidia". Mostly depicting scenes of bullfighting, accompanied by explanatory texts in Spanish, English and French on the tissue guards. With a decorated score of the "Marcha de la Manoleria", part of the zarzuela "Pan Toros" by composer Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894). Upper board illustrated with a beautiful full-page chromolithography in colour.
Provenance : Étienne Beyaert (cfr letter of the Belgian bookseller Tulkens joined).
IHFZ 27 chromolithographies en couleurs par Daniel Perea, accompagnées de textes explicatifs en espagnol, anglais et français. Demi-toile aubergine d'éd. avec plat sup. illustré (pet. défauts).
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