Ferdinando I e Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844

Folio. Purple velvet, engraved and chased silver decorations on the boards, imperial crown in silver in relief on the first board, letters F and M in silver on the second board, gilt edges. 2 titles, half title, (2) ff. preface, pages 1-42, pp 47-56 " Iscrizioni e poesie publicate nell'occasione della presenza delle LL. MM. Ferdinando I e Maria Anna Carolina in Trieste", 18 plates. Text in Italian. Missing pages 43-46 "Epigrafi in occasione della fausta presenza delle MM. LL. II. RR. Ferdinando I e Maria Anna Carolina nella Citta di Trieste" tributes and poems in Italian and German. Some foxing to the boards. A few small losses of silver to the binding.

Provenance : Heir of the Austrian Emperors family.

Spectacular binding with the letters of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria and his wife Maria Anna Carolina (1803-1884), decorated with the imperial crown. Copy of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria, King of Lombardy-Venetia, crowned in September 1838. Splendid work on glossy paper retracing the official visit of the Austrian emperor Ferdinand I and his wife Maria Anna Carolina to Trieste in September 1844.

The book is illustrated with 18 magnificent lithographed plates sumptuously enhanced with gouache at the time, with captions in Italian and German. They were lithographed by Linassi & Comp. after various artists including Cesare Dell' Acqua, Gius. Rieger, A. Tischbein, Pietro Pupilli, Fran. Bellemo, Marco Moro, Marco Comirato, Giov. Pividor, Melch. Fontana and Aless. Margutti for the 2 plans. First title leaf in gilt letters in an elegant silver frame, with drystamp. The second title is illustrated with dry-stamped portraits in medallions: that of the emperor and his wife gilded, those of Ernesto Il Ferreo, Giuseppe II, Leopoldo I, Leopoldo II, Carlo VI and Francesco I white on silver background, the medallion of the coat of arms silver on white background. The imperial eagle and a view of Trieste lithographed by Linassi & Comp. complete the title. The only recorded copy is in the Yale University Library.

Liste of plates:

Pl. 1 – L’arrivo delle LL. MM. a Opchina. - Ankunft II.MM. in Opschin). 
Pl. 2 – Ingresso delle Loro Maesta’ li 5 Settembre 1844. - Einzug Ihrer Majestäten den 5 September 1844. 
Pl. 3 – Il Teatro grande illuminato. - Das erleuchtete Grosse Theater). 
Pl. 4 – Le Loro Maesta’ nel Tergesteo il 6 Settembre. - Ihre Majestäten im Tergesteum am 6. September. 
Pl. 5 – Gita delle LL.MM. con dieci Piroscafi a Capodistria. - Lustfahrt II.MM. mit zehn Dampfschiffen nach Capodistria. 
Pl. 6 – Ritorno delle LL.MM. dalla Gita con dieci Piroscafi a Capodistria. - Rükkehr II.MM. von der Lustfahrt mit zen Dampfschiffen nach Capodistria. 
Pl. 7 – Piano per la Gita delle LL.MM. II.RR. da Trieste a Capodistria con 10 Piroscafi del Lloyd austriace li 7 Settembre 1844. - Plan zur Lustfahrt II. KK. Majestäten von Triest nach Capodistria mit 10 Dampfbooten des Oesterreichischen Lloyd den 7 September 1844. 
Pl. 8 - Piano per la Gita delle LL.MM. II.RR. da Capodistria a Trieste con 10 Piroscafi del Lloyd austriace li 7 Settembre 1844. - Plan zur Lustfahrt II. KK. Majestäten von Capodistria nach Triest mit 10 Dampfbooten des Oesterreichischen Lloyd den 7 September 1844. 
Pl. 9 – Piazza della Borsa illuminata. - Beleuchtung des Börseplazes. 
Pl. 10 – Illuminazione del Porto vista dalla Città. - Beleuchtung des Haffens gesehen vom Ufer. 
Pl. 11 - Illuminazione del Porto vista dal Mare. - Beleuchtung des Haffens gesehen zur See. 
Pl. 12 – Il Varamento dello Scuner Hitra. - Stappellauf des Schoner Hitra. 
Pl. 13 – Festa da Ballo nella Sala della Borsa. - Ball im Saale der Börse. 
Pl. 14 – Ritorno delle LL.MM. dall’ Istria il di 13 Settembre. - Rückkehr II.MM. aus Istrien am 13. September. 
Pl. 15 – Palazzo Governiale colla Guardia civica. - Das guberniale Gebäude mit der städtischen Wache. 
Pl. 16 – La Festa popolare 14 Settembre. - Das Volksfest 14. September. 
Pl. 17 – Il Teatro Mauroner la sera del 15 Settembre. - Das Theater Mauroner am Abend des 15. September. 
Pl. 18 – Congedo delle LL.MM. al Confine del Territorio. - Abschied II.MM. an der Grenze des Stadtyebiethes.